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Title: Explaining Trends in Wages, Work, and Occupations
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Publication Year: 2009
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Abstract: The inequality of labor market earnings in the U.S. has increased dramatically in recent decades. However, closer examination of the data reveals two distinct periods of rising inequality: 1973-89 and 1989-2005. The first period was one of diverging wages throughout the distribution, while the second period was one of polarizing wage growth. It is widely recognized that inequality of labor market earnings in the United States has increased . . .
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Authors: Autor, David H.
Publisher: Chicago Fed Letter
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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