TY - JOUR T1 - The Wage Mobility of Low-Wage Workers in a Changing Economy, 1968 to 2014 JF - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences SP - 159 LP - 189 DO - 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.06 VL - 5 IS - 4 AU - Michael A. Schultz Y1 - 2019/09/01 UR - http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/4/159.abstract N2 - How are changes in the low-wage labor market affecting the mobility of workers out of low-wage work? I investigate changes in the wage mobility of workers starting employment spells in low wages using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1968 to 2014 and discrete-time event history analysis. About half of all low-wage workers move to better wages within four years. Effects on mobility rates are significant by age, gender, race, education, occupation, and job characteristics. Mobility rates out of low-wage work have declined since the late 1990s. Little progress has been made in closing the gaps in mobility for women and nonwhites over time. I find evidence for the decline of firm internal labor markets and lower mobility for part-time workers over time. ER -