From No Pay to Low Pay and Back Again? A Multi-State Model of Low Pay Dynamics

Arne Uhlendorff

No 2482, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study analyzes the mobility between three labor market states: working in low paid jobs, working in higher paid jobs and not working. Using German panel data I estimate dynamic multinomial logit panel data models with random effects taking the initial conditions problem and potential endogeneity of panel attrition into account. In line with results from other countries, this first study on Germany finds true state dependence in low pay jobs and confirms previous results of state dependence in non-employment. Moreover, I find evidence for a “low pay no pay cycle", i.e. being low paid or not employed itself increases the probability of being in one of these states in the next year. However, compared to non working, being low paid does not have adverse effects on future employment prospects: the employment probability increases with low pay employment and the probability of being high paid seems to be higher for previously low paid workers. I find no evidence for endogenous panel attrition.

Keywords: low pay dynamics; unemployment dynamics; dynamic random effects models; state dependence; panel attrition; unobserved heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 C35 J31 J62 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2006-12
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