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Title: Earnings Inequality Narrows for Young Workers Despite a Widening Wage Structure
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Ragan, James F. Jr. Bratsberg, Bernt |
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Earnings Inequality Narrows for Young Workers Despite a Widening Wage Structure The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 35,4 (Winter 1995): 387-395. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/1062976995900446 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Wage Equations; Wage Rates; Wages, Youth; Work Hours/Schedule Inequality of wage rates has widened in the United States. But in equality of earnings also depends on the distribution of hours worked. If the distribution of hours contracts sufficiently, earnings inequality may narrow despite a widening wage structure. The present study examines recent trends in inequality for young workers and. consistent with the preceding scenario, finds that rising inequality of wage rates has been overwhelmed by declining inequality of hours worked. As a consequence, earnings inequality of young workers declined during the 1980s. |
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Ragan, James F. Jr. and Bernt Bratsberg. "Earnings Inequality Narrows for Young Workers Despite a Widening Wage Structure." The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 35,4 (Winter 1995): 387-395.
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