A dynamic analysis of segmented labor market

A dynamic analysis of segmented labor market

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Article ID: iaor20063222
Country: Spain
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 63
End Page Number: 80
Publication Date: Nov 1999
Journal: Fuzzy Economic Review
Authors: ,
Keywords: fuzzy sets, economics
Abstract:

Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics data on the period 1982–1992, this paper investigates some mechanisms of the labor market in the United States. This market is analyzed as a stable structure constituted of segments which present contrasted characteristics under the usual distinction between primary and secondary sectors. Using a neural network algorithm applied on quantitative variables measured at the level of heads of household, a broad classification in four classes of situations is constructed. It shows a clear hierarchy going from situations of very precarious work or no work at all, to situations of stable jobs with higher wages than the average. A Markov chain, constructed with the trajectories between the different situations of these workers, shows a very stable structure of this segmented labor market.

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