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Do the 'Working Poor' Stay Poor? An Analysis of Low Pay Transitions in Italy

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  • Cappellari, Lorenzo

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This paper uses survey panel data to look at transition probabilities at the bottom of the Italian earnings distribution. The econometric analysis is characterized by a proper treatment of the initial conditions problem and by the investigation of genuine state dependence, the extent with which low pay probabilities depend upon the past experience of low pay other things equal. Results indicate that initial conditions are endogenous and that genuine state dependence can be relevant in determining low pay persistence. On the other hand, individual attributes are found to affect on transition probabilities, although to a limited extent. Copyright 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Article provided by Department of Economics, University of Oxford in its journal Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.

Volume (Year): 64 (2002)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 87-110

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  1. Hielke Buddelmeyer & Wang-Sheng Lee & Mark Wooden, 2009. "Low-Paid Employment and Unemployment Dynamics in Australia," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2009n06, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  2. Pavlopoulos, Dimitris & Muffels, Ruud & Vermunt, Jeroen-K., 2005. "Wage Mobility in Europe. A Comparative Analysis Using restricted Multinomial Logit Regression," MPRA Paper 229, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  3. Mosthaf, Alexander & Schnabel, Claus & Stephani, Jens, 2010. "Low-wage careers: are there dead-end firms and dead-end jobs?," IWQW Discussion Paper Series 01/2010, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung (IWQW).
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  5. Cappellari, Lorenzo, 2004. "Earnings Mobility Among Italian Low Paid Workers," IZA Discussion Papers 1068, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  6. Arne Uhlendorff, 2006. "From No Pay to Low Pay and Back Again?: A Multi-State Model of Low Pay Dynamics," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 648, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  7. Clark, Ken & Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos C., 2009. "Low Pay Persistence in European Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 4183, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  8. Schank, Thorsten & Schnabel, Claus & Stephani, Jens, 2008. "Geringverdiener: Wem und wie gelingt der Aufstieg?," IAB Discussion Paper 200814, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
  9. Aretz, Bodo & Gürtzgen, Nicole, 2012. "What Explains the Decline in Wage Mobility in the German Low-Wage Sector?," IZA Discussion Papers 7046, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  10. Bolvig, Iben, 2004. "Within- and between-firm mobility in the low-wage labour market," Working Papers 04-11, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics.
  11. Aretz, Bodo & Gürtzgen, Nicole, 2012. "The Evolution of Wage Mobility in the German Low-Wage Sector - Is There Evidence for Increasing State Dependence?," Annual Conference 2012 (Goettingen): New Approaches and Challenges for the Labor Market of the 21st Century 62049, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  12. Stephani, Jens, 2012. "Wage growth and career patterns of German low-wage workers," IAB Discussion Paper 201201, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
  13. Lokshin, Michael & Glinskaya, Elena, 2008. "The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in nepal," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4757, The World Bank.

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