The Low-Pay No-Pay Cycle: Are There Systematic Differences across Demographic Groups?†

摘要: We investigate transitions between unemployment, low-paid employment and higher-paid using dynamic panel data methods applied to household data. find state dependence in both unemployment evidence of a low-pay no-pay cycle. However, we also significant differences effects across population subgroups. Typically, the young better-educated face lower penalties from employment. Further, is preferable for women regardless their demographic characteristics, but men who have only completed secondary schooling, actually decreases chances entering by more than does unemployment.