TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mosthaf, Alexander
AU  - Schank, Thorsten
AU  - Schnabel, Claus
        TI  - Low-Wage Employment versus Unemployment: Which One Provides Better Prospects for Women?
        PY  - 2009/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4611
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4611
        AB  - This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being high-paid in the future, in particular for low-paid women working part-time. However, concerning future wage prospects low-paid women are clearly better off than unemployed or inactive women. We argue that for women low-wage jobs can serve as stepping stones out of unemployment and are to be preferred to staying unemployed and waiting for a better job.
        KW  - state dependence
KW  - dynamic multinomial logit model
KW  - low-pay dynamics
        ER  -