Mosthaf, Alexander; Schnabel, Claus; Stephani, Jens - 2010
able to earn wages above the low-wage threshold in 2003. Bivariate probit estimations with endogenous selection indicate … that upward wage mobility is higher for younger and better qualified low-wage earners, whereas women are substantially less … successful. We show that the characteristics of the employing firm also matter for low-wage earners' probability of escaping low …