Low-wage Employment and Mobility in Spain

Maite Blázquez ()

LABOUR, 2008, vol. 22, issue s1, pages 115-146

Abstract: The issue of low-wage employment has received increased interest during recent decades in many European countries. In this paper I analyse the patterns of low-wage employment in Spain. Using a sample of Spanish workers extracted from the European Community Household Panel for the period 1995-2001, I first analyse the earnings distribution as a whole, and how low-wage employment has evolved over the period 1995-2001. Furthermore, I examine the determinants of low-wage employment using an analytical framework that is characterized by the ability to ac count for the endogeneity of initial conditions. Finally, I explore the effects of low pay on job mobility in Spain. For this purpose I adopt an approach based on competing risks in order to allow for different risks of failure. Copyright 2008 The Author. Journal compilation CEIS, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2008.

Date: 2008

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00390.x link to full text (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
Working Paper: Low-wage Employment and Mobility in Spain (2005)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:labour:v:22:y:2008:i:s1:p:115-146

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=1121-7081

Access Statistics for this article

LABOUR is edited by Renato Brunetta and Franco Peracchi

More articles in LABOUR from CEIS, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Series data maintained by Christopher F. Baum ().