Is it Easier to Escape from Low Pay in Urban Areas?: Evidence from the UK

Euan Cartner Phimister; Ioannis Theodossiou; Richard Upward; Centre for European Labour Market Research

Is it Easier to Escape from Low Pay in Urban Areas? Evidence from the UK

Euan Cartner Phimister^* (Corresponding Author)
, Ioannis Theodossiou
, Richard Upward
, Centre for European Labour Market Research

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Nottingham
University of Macedonia

Research output: Working paper

Abstract

In this paper we compare periods of low pay employment between urban and rural areas in the UK. Using the British Household Panel Survey, we estimate the probability that a period of low pay employment will end allowing for a number of possible outcomes, namely to a ‘high pay’ job, self-employment, unemployment and out of the labour force. The results show that there are statistically significant differences in the dynamics of low pay across urban and rural labour markets, particularly in terms of exits to high pay and out of the labour force. After controlling for different personal and job characteristics across markets, urban low pay durations are somewhat shorter on average, with a higher probability that urban workers will move to high pay. However, the results suggest that any urban-rural differences in the typical low pay experience are particularly concentrated among certain types of individuals, e.g. young workers, women without qualifications.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Aberdeen: Business School
Number of pages	32
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2004

Publication series

Name	University of Aberdeen Business School Working Paper Series
Publisher	University of Aberdeen Business School
Volume	05
ISSN (Print)	0143-4543

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Leverhulme Trust under grant number F/152/Y. We would also like to thank Nick Buck and Deborah Roberts for their help. All usual caveats apply.

Funders	Funder number
The Leverhulme Trust	F/152/Y

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 15 Life on Land

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