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| Author: | Leonard, J. S. Jacobson, L. |
| Title: | Earnings, inequality, and job turnover |
| Journal: | American Economic Review
1990 : MAY, VOL. 80:2, p. 298-302 |
| Index terms: | EARNINGS INEQUALITY JOB TURNOVER EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Inequality has increased in the USA since 1970. As the divergence in wages between skilled and unskilled workers increased, real wages for the median worker declined. Earnings data from the State of Pennsylvania are used to examine the nature and sources of changes in the earning distribution between 1973 and 1988. This state serves as a test case for the proposition that the industrial restructuring of the early 1980s led to the shrinking of the middle class. Earnings are analyzed in a 0.6. p.c. sample of all Pennsylvanian workers, data are derived from state tax records. Public sector workers are excluded from the study. Employees are classified into the industry of the employer contributing most of their earnings during a year. |
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