...Lixin Cai Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding low pay dynamics of Australian employees, with a focus on the determination of low pay duration. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws on a representative longitudinal survey of Australian households...

...), a competing‐risks duration model is applied that allows the study of transitions from low pay to competing destination states: higher pay, self‐employment, unemployment and inactivity. Unobserved heterogeneity is tackled by a non‐parametric mass‐point approach. Findings It is found that low pay is only...

... 2001. At this time, the minimum eligible age for the adult rate dropped from 20 to 18 years. The next significant change was in the following year (March 2002), when the youth rate increased to 80 per cent of the adult rate. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Labour market Low pay...

... of Labor values. Unemployment Low pay Taxation Labour market Deregulation A recurring theme of recent public policy debate is the correlation between the experience of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) during its period of office between 1983‐1996 and its hesitation and resistance since...

... some factors such as education, sex and geographical location have an effect on low‐pay persistence, job‐related variables are more effective in avoiding falls into low pay from higher pay. It is also shown how raw persistence involves a considerable share of true state dependence, i.e. the experience...

...Mary Gregory The deteriorating labour market position of low‐skilled workers challenges economic efficiency and social equity. Four aspects are examined: joblessness among the low‐skilled; the prevalence of low pay among women; persistence in low pay; and the overlap between low pay and household...

... . Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar   1998 . xiii + 200pp. , ISBN: 1‐85898‐932‐9   £49.95 © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Low pay Unemployment Competitiveness Europe The context for this book is the on‐going debate about the potential social costs and benefits of an expansion of low‐wage...

...Stephen J.H. Dearden Reviewing the persistence of high levels of unemployment in the EU, finds that this has been accompanied by an increasing incidence of low pay and the adoption of “atypical” employment contracts. The policy response, drawing on the experience of the US economy, has been...

... Ethnic groups Immigrants Job evaluation Low pay working conditions A major aspect of the literature on the labour market experience of the immigrant worker is the assimilation hypothesis which suggests that,over time, immigrant worker earnings will tend to converge with those of equally...

...Stephen Bazen; Gilbert Benhayoun; P.J. Sloane; I. Theodossiou Examines the extent of low pay in Britain, first by estimating a Lorenz curve and, second, by using a logistic regression approach. Low pay is defined in terms of the first three deciles of the income distribution for all workers...

... and 1991 of three age groups of 1976 – the young, the prime‐aged, and older workers. Presents and analyses transition probabilities for each group, and contrasts the experience of men and women in terms of the incidence of low pay and its persistence. Also examines the previous locations within...

... are that the increase in the relative value of the SMIC in the 1980s is likely to have reduced employment levels, especially for youths and the unskilled[ 4 ]. Benefits Collective bargaining Income Labour costs Low pay Market economy Minimum wage Unemployment Welfare Young people Unemployment...

... Low pay Minimum wage Standard of living Tax Unemployment Welfare Despite the harsh judgement that standard economics gives to minimum wages – your basic textbook message is that a wage above market‐clearing lowers employment (save in the rare situation of monopsony) – minima are a policy...

... of minimum wages, outlining the different roles that minimum wage fixing seeks to achieve. Concludes by considering some of the broader issues relating to labour standards, low pay and competitiveness. Argues that, in a market environment where competition is based increasingly on process and product...

... conditions Industrial relations Italy Low pay Pay differentials Trade unions Pay Employees In this article we examine the relationship between unionism low pay and wage dispersion in the context of the Italian economy. First, an overview of industrial relations practices and the evolution of wage...

... minimum wage, combined with other active labour market intervention by the Government, is needed to overcome the problem of low pay. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Labour market Low pay Minimum wage Pay Trade unions Wages Councils and Abolition: Wages Councils and Abolition The TUC Perspective B...