RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 159
OP 189
DO 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.4.06
VO 5
IS 4
A1 Schultz, Michael A.
YR 2019
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/4/159.abstract
AB 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.