Wage mobility, Job mobility and Spatial mobility in the Portuguese economy



Table 1

Worker mobility 1997/1998

Spatial mobility

No

%

Yes

%

Job
mobili
ty

No

1.084.499

87,7

41.735

_____3,4

Yes

69.267

_____5,6

41.302

______3,3

Source: LMEEM(2000)

The analysis of mobility by gender (Table 2) reveals that men are more likely to move.
Among those that change the location of the workplace, male workers are about 70%.

Table 2

Mobility and gender

Job mobility

____________No____________

Yes

Spatial mobility

Spatial mobility

No

%

Yes

%

No

%

Yes

%

Gende
r

Male

652.239

60,1

28.730

68,8

41.959

60,6

28.752

69,6

Female

432.260

39,9

13.005

31,2

27.308

39,4

12.550

30,4

Total

1.084.499

100,0

41.735

100,0

69.267

100,0

41.302

100,0

Source: LMEEM(2000)

Table 3

Mobility and age in 1997

Job mobility

________No________

Yes

Spatial mobility

Spatial mobility

No

Yes

No

Yes

Average age

37,0

36,4

34,1

31,8

Source: LMEEM(2000)

Workers that move are on average younger (see table 3) with lower tenure (see table 4)
and workers with higher levels of schooling are more likely to experience mobility
(table 5).



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