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Title: Is the Growing Skill Premium a Purely Metropolitan Issue?

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Publication Year: 2008

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Abstract: This paper documents that virtually all of the growth in the skilled wage premium over the 1980s in the United States was confined to metropolitan areas. Explanations for the growing skilled premium will therefore need to take location into account.Keywords: Skilled wage premium; Metropolitan areasJEL classification codes: J31; R23; F16

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Authors: Chung, Chul; Kim, Bonggeun; Clark, Jeremy

Periodical (Full): Economics Letters

Issue: 2

Volume: 102

Pages: 73-75

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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