Wages and jobs in the Portuguese air transport industry

Salários e empregos na indústria do transporte aéreo portuguesa

Using a large matched employer-employee data set with information at both the worker and the company level, the authors characterize the Portuguese airlines’ employment structure and, by comparing it with the general structure of the Portuguese labor force, the authors stress the particularities of the sector. Based on the Heckman selection model, they develop an analysis of the variables that influence wages in this sector and which contribute to its differentiation from the general labor market. Particular attention is paid to the disparity among different types of jobs in the air transportation sector, namely amongst flight crews and land personnel. The authors also analyze the differences between regular and non-regular sub-sectors. Their main findings indicate that the aviation sector labor force is clearly specific regarding gender distribution and human capital accumulated by its workers. Moreover, some professions, pilots in particular, have important specificities compared to other jobs even within the sector. The authors also find that wages are strongly influenced by levels of education, tenure and experience as well as professional categories, which appears as an important specificity of this sector.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1590/S2238-10312013000300002
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• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of the Brazilian Transportation Planning Society (BTPS)
• Authors:
  • Barbot, Cristina
  • González, Pilar
  • Santos, Luís Delfim
• Publication Date: 2013-7

Language

• English
• Portuguese

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 8-33
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Literature
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Brazilian Transport Planning Society
  • ISSN: 2238-1031
  • Serial URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=2238-1031&lng=en&nrm=iso

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air transportation; Airlines; Jobs; Labor market; Wages
• Geographic Terms: Portugal
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Finance; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492627
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 11 2013 7:31AM