Is the Growing Skill Premium a Purely Metropolitan Issue?

Chul Chung, Jeremy Clark and Bonggeun Kim ()

Working Papers in Economics from University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract: This paper documents that virtually all of the growth in the skilled wage premium over the 1980’s in the United States was confined to metropolitan areas. Explanations for the growth in the skilled wage premium will therefore need to take location into account.

Keywords: Skilled wage premium; Metropolitan areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 J31 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2008-01-05
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