Low-Wage Employment versus Unemployment: Which One Provides Better Prospects for Women?

Alexander Mosthaf (), Thorsten Schank and Claus Schnabel
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Alexander Mosthaf: University of Mainz

No 4611, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being high-paid in the future, in particular for low-paid women working part-time. However, concerning future wage prospects low-paid women are clearly better off than unemployed or inactive women. We argue that for women low-wage jobs can serve as stepping stones out of unemployment and are to be preferred to staying unemployed and waiting for a better job.

Keywords: state dependence; dynamic multinomial logit model; low-pay dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 J30 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2009-12
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Published - published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3:21

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Journal Article: Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women? (2014)
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