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Low-wage employment
Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many countries. How to interpret the prominence of low-paid jobs and whether they are beneficial to workers or society is currently an open question. The answer depends on whether low-paid jobs are largely transitory and serve as stepping stones to higher-paid employment, whether they become persistent, or whether they result in repeated unemployment. The empirical evidence is mixed, pointing to both stepping-stone effects and ?scarring? effects (i.e. long-lasting detrimental effects) of low-paid work.
Autor
Prof. Dr. oec. Claus Schnabel
 
ArtikelFachbereichFachrichtung
2016VolkswirtschaftslehreVolkswirtschaftspolitik
 
Schlagwörter
Beschäftigung, Löhne