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Title: Changes in Occupations, Jobs, and Skill Polarization
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Publication Year: 2020
ISBN: 978-1108417631
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Abstract: Inequality in the United States continues to increase in terms of earnings and household income (Semega, Fontenot, & Kollar, 2017). As is well known, this trend began several decades ago (Piketty, 2015; Semega, Fontenot, & Kollar, 2017). Compared to other developed nations, inequality in the United States is generally regarded as being among the highest (Brandolini & Smeeding, 2009). Inequality has become so high that it may be exacerbating social problems (Wilkinson & Pickett, 2009: Stiglitz, 2015). In part due to such concerns, researchers have sought to understand the sources of rising inequality. One potential source that has often been suggested is change in the job structure (Autor, 2014). If the distribution of jobs is becoming more unequal in regard to their typical skill levels and wages, then that trend might be an underlying cause of increasing income inequality. Some research has argued that the job structure is becoming more bifurcated and that this polarization is leading to a more unequal distribution of wages (Autor, Katz, & Kearney, 2006). In the following, we further investigate this issue.
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Authors: Sakamoto, Arthur; Kim, ChangHwan; Tamborini, Christopher R.
Editors: Hoffman, Brian J.; Shoss, Mindy K.; Wegman, Lauren A.
Pages: 133-153
Volume Title: The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity
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