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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LOW PAID: A CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

Shirley Dex ,
Paul Robson  and
Frank Wilkinson
Shirley Dex
Affiliation:
Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AG, England
Paul Robson
Affiliation:
ESRC Centre for Business Research, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DE, England
Frank Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DE, England
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Abstract

This paper examines whether the supply side characteristics of the low paid are associated with the labour market wage setting institutions of five countries; Britain, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain and the USA, using the harmonised PAnel COmparability (PACO) data based on household panel studies and the Spanish European Household Panel survey. The age, education, marital status, children, lone parent status, household type, employment status of spouse, and housing tenure of the low paid are examined. The links between these characteristics, the low paid and labour market institutions are examined through multivariate analyses. Labour market wage setting institutions clearly influence the characteristics of the low paid and explain the variations in supply side, as well as demand side characteristics across countries.

Type
Research Article
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Work, Employment and Society , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 503 - 524
Copyright
1999 BSA Publications Ltd

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