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Wage Inequality and Unemployment with Overeducation
, 2005
"... Wage inequality and unemployment with overeducation ..."
The Literature on Wage Inequality
, 2004
"... This chapter reviews the existing literature on wage inequality, focus-ing on both the studies that are primarily concerned with the increase in educational and occupational wage differentials (between-group wage inequality) and on those that investigate residual wage inequality (within-group wage i ..."
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This chapter reviews the existing literature on wage inequality, focus-ing on both the studies that are primarily concerned with the increase in educational and occupational wage differentials (between-group wage inequality) and on those that investigate residual wage inequality (within-group wage
Skill Biased Technological Change and Rising Wage Inequality: Some Problems and Puzzles
- NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
, 2002
"... The recent rise in wage inequality is usually attributed to skill-biased technical change (SBTC), associated with new computer technologies. We review the evidence for this hypothesis, focusing on the implications of SBTC for overall wage inequality and for changes in wage differentials between grou ..."
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The recent rise in wage inequality is usually attributed to skill-biased technical change (SBTC), associated with new computer technologies. We review the evidence for this hypothesis, focusing on the implications of SBTC for overall wage inequality and for changes in wage differentials between
Unionization and Wage Inequality: A
- Comparative Study of The US, The UK and Canada. NBER Working
, 2003
"... How unions affect the distribution of income is a subject that has long intrigued social scientists. The publication of What Do Unions Do? and the related papers by Freeman (1980, 1982, 1984) represented a watershed in the evolution of economists ' views on this question. Until the 1970s the do ..."
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the dominant view was that unions tended to increase wage inequality (Johnson, 1975). Using micro data on individual workers
Occupational Mobility and Wage Inequality
, 2004
"... In this study we argue that wage inequality and occupational mobility are intimately related. We are motivated by our empirical findings that human capital is occupation-specific and that the fraction of workers switching occupations in the United States was as high as 16 % a year in the early 1970s ..."
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In this study we argue that wage inequality and occupational mobility are intimately related. We are motivated by our empirical findings that human capital is occupation-specific and that the fraction of workers switching occupations in the United States was as high as 16 % a year in the early 1970
Wage inequality, tasks and occupations
, 2012
"... This paper assesses the relationship between occupation attributes and changes in wage inequality finding partial support for the computerization hy-pothesis. While wages associated with non-routine cognitive tasks have risen; current versions of the hypothesis cannot explain the pattern of within o ..."
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This paper assesses the relationship between occupation attributes and changes in wage inequality finding partial support for the computerization hy-pothesis. While wages associated with non-routine cognitive tasks have risen; current versions of the hypothesis cannot explain the pattern of within
Wage Inequality, Outsourcing, and Education
"... Abstract We present a simple model to explain why wage inequality in the U.S. increased in the 1980s but decreased in the 1970s, in which we argue that educational investment might deteriorate wage inequality temporarily, but permanently decrease it. A country would not necessarily present the Kuzne ..."
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Abstract We present a simple model to explain why wage inequality in the U.S. increased in the 1980s but decreased in the 1970s, in which we argue that educational investment might deteriorate wage inequality temporarily, but permanently decrease it. A country would not necessarily present
Bonus Pay and Wage Inequality
, 2005
"... An increasing fraction of jobs in the U.S. labor market pay workers a bonus in addition to regular wages and salaries. In this paper, we look at the e¤ect of the growing incidence of bonus pay on wage inequality. The basic premise of the paper is that jobs paying bonuses have a more "competitiv ..."
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An increasing fraction of jobs in the U.S. labor market pay workers a bonus in addition to regular wages and salaries. In this paper, we look at the e¤ect of the growing incidence of bonus pay on wage inequality. The basic premise of the paper is that jobs paying bonuses have a more "
Wage Inequality in Developing Countries: Market
, 2001
"... Wage inequality in developing countries: market forces or government intervention ..."
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Wage inequality in developing countries: market forces or government intervention
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