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Low‐wage Employment and Mobility in Spain

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  • Maite Blázquez Cuesta

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. The issue of low‐wage employment has received increased interest during recent decades in many European countries. In this paper I analyse the patterns of low‐wage employment in Spain. Using a sample of Spanish workers extracted from the European Community Household Panel for the period 1995–2001, I first analyse the earnings distribution as a whole, and how low‐wage employment has evolved over the period 1995–2001. Furthermore, I examine the determinants of low‐wage employment using an analytical framework that is characterized by the ability to ac count for the endogeneity of initial conditions. Finally, I explore the effects of low pay on job mobility in Spain. For this purpose I adopt an approach based on competing risks in order to allow for different risks of failure.

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  • Maite Blázquez Cuesta, 2008. "Low‐wage Employment and Mobility in Spain," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 22(s1), pages 115-146, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:22:y:2008:i:s1:p:115-146
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00390.x
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    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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