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Workforce composition and earnings inequality Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Mark E. Schweitzer
A presentation of a model that incorporates many factors simultaneously -- including education, experience, and industry choice -- to explain the growing disparity in Americans earnings. Its main finding is that the shifting composition of the U.S. workforce is a significant and direct determinant of the widening earnings gap.
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Article provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in its journal Economic Review .
Volume (Year): (1997)
Issue (Month): Q II ()
Pages: 13-24
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Keywords: Income distribution ; Labor supply ; Education ; References listed on IDEAS Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile , click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.:
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Erica L. Groshen & Mark E. Schweitzer, 1999.
"Firms' wage adjustments: a break from the past? ,"
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9908, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
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