The implications of temporary jobs on the distribution of wages in Italy. An unconditional IVQTE approach.

Autor/in	Bosio, Giulio
Titel	The implications of temporary jobs on the distribution of wages in Italy. An unconditional IVQTE approach. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Auswirkungen von Zeitarbeit auf die Lohnstruktur in Italien. Ein unkonditioneller IVQTE-Ansatz.
Quelle	In: Labour : review of labour economics and industrial relations, 28 (2014) 1, S. 64-86 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1121-7081; 1467-9914
DOI	10.1111/labr.12023
Schlagwörter	Bildungsabschluss; Segmentierung; Einkommensunterschied; Betriebsgröße; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnhöhe; Lohnstruktur; Niedriglohn; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktentwicklung; Zeitarbeit; Auswirkung; Regionaler Faktor; Deutschland; Italien
Abstract	Using Italian data, this paper investigates the wage implications of temporary jobs across the whole pay profile using unconditional quantile regression (UQR) models. Results clearly indicate that the wage penalty associated to temporary jobs is significantly larger at the bottom of wage profile and is almost absent for high-wage jobs. This is in line with the sticky floors hypothesis, supporting the idea that the wage gap for temporary employees depends on their position in the wage distribution for low-paid jobs. To recover a causal interpretation, I employ an instrumental variable (IV) strategy. I adopt the unconditional instrumental variable quantile treatment effects (IVQTE) estimator proposed by Frolich and Melly, which corrects for endogenous selection in temporary contracts. The IVQTE estimates yield similar results to standard UQR, even if the wage penalty is larger in size at the bottom of the wage distribution and disappears at the top quantiles. This evidence highlights that policies aimed at increasing flexibility may reinforce the two-tier nature of the Italian labour market and the relative wage inequality. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/3