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Title: The Wage Mobility of Low-Wage Workers in a Changing Economy, 1968 to 2014

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.06

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Abstract: How are changes in the low-wage labor market affecting the mobility of workers out of low-wage work? I investigate changes in the wage mobility of workers starting employment spells in low wages using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1968 to 2014 and discrete-time event history analysis. About half of all low-wage workers move to better wages within four years. Effects on mobility rates are significant by age, gender, race, education, occupation, and job characteristics. Mobility rates out of low-wage work have declined since the late 1990s. Little progress has been made in closing the gaps in mobility for women and nonwhites over time. I find evidence for the decline of firm internal labor markets and lower mobility for part-time workers over time.

Url: https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/rsfjss/5/4/159.full.pdf

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Authors: Schultz, Michael, A

Periodical (Full): RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Issue: 4

Volume: 5

Pages: 159-189

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Work, Family, and Time

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