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Title: Down from the Mountain: Skill Upgrading and Wages in Appalachia

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: The Appalachian region has experienced persistently higher poverty and lower earnings than the rest of the United States. We examine whether skill differentials or differences in the returns to those skills lie at the root of the Appalachian wage gap. Using census data, we decompose the Appalachian wage gap using both mean and full distribution methods. Our findings suggest that significantupgrading of skills within the region has prevented the gapfrom widening over the last 20 years. Additionally we find that urban areas within Appalachia have not experienced the rise in returns to skills as in non-Appalachian urban areas.

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Authors: Troske, Kenneth R.; Bollinger, Christopher; Ziliak, James P.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Labor Economics

Issue: 4

Volume: 29

Pages: 819-857

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Poverty and Welfare

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