A Dynamic Analysis of Segmented Labor Market

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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. Keywords: segmented labor market, unemployment, trajectories, Kohonen algorithm, Markov chain.

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Statistics Theory, JEL-Code: J31, J41, J49

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/131393

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703011
 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703011
 Fuzzy Economic Review Vol IV, number 2 (1999) 63-82

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