@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7440, author={Mavromaras, Kostas and Sloane, Peter J. and Wei, Zhang}, title={The Scarring Effects of Unemployment, Low Pay and Skills Under-utilisation in Australia Compared}, year={2013}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={7440}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7440}, abstract={There is a substantial literature on the scarring effects of unemployment on future employment prospects and a smaller one on the scarring effects of low pay, but the possibility that skills mismatch in the form of skills under-utilisation, may also have similar detrimental effects, has not previously been considered. This paper uses the first ten waves of the HILDA survey data to investigate the inter-related dynamics of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits scarring effects, in addition to earlier evidence on wage penalties and reduced job satisfaction.}, keywords={dynamic estimation;state dependence;education pathways;job quality}, }