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Testing for Segmentation: An Establishment-Level Analysis

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  • McNabb, Robert
  • Whitfield, Keith

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It has long been suggested that the industrial structure in Britain is partitioned along core-periphery lines, as posited in segmented labor market theory. Empirical evidence for this proposition, however, has not been strong. In contrast to previous work, this study uses establishment-level data, which is generally recognized to be the most appropriate level of analysis. The results are supportive of a segmentation approach (though the nature of this segmentation is more complex than simple dualist models suggest), but it is shown to be strongly associated with expected outcome variables, particularly those relating to employment stability and low pay. Copyright 1998 by Oxford University Press.

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  • McNabb, Robert & Whitfield, Keith, 1998. "Testing for Segmentation: An Establishment-Level Analysis," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 22(3), pages 347-365, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:22:y:1998:i:3:p:347-65
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    1. Nigel Driffield & Sourafel Girma, 2003. "Regional Foreign Direct Investment and Wage Spillovers: Plant Level Evidence from the UK Electronics Industry," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 65(4), pages 453-474, September.
    2. Donald Houston, 2005. "Employability, Skills Mismatch and Spatial Mismatch in Metropolitan Labour Markets," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(2), pages 221-243, February.
    3. Gerard Hughes & Brian Nolan, 1999. "Competitive and Segmented Labour Markets and Exclusion from Retirement Income," Papers WP108, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

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