 The United StatesChapter 4 in Wage Differentials, 1998, pp 108-144 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Recently, a renewed interest in wage structure analysis has been brought about by the increase in wage inequality observed in the USA during the 1980s. In particular, there has been a lot of research on the increasing wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers, and with respect to educational attainment. The following reasons have been pointed out as causes of increased wage differences: (1) the increase in supply of unskilled and poorly educated workers (Katz and Murphy, 1992; Borjas, Freeman and Katz, 1992); (2) the decrease in demand for unskilled workers due to an increase in the imports of labour-intensive goods (Murphy and Welch, 1992; Johnson and Stafford, 1993); (3) technological progress with a biased demand towards skilled and highly educated labour (Bound and Johnson, 1992; Davis and Haltiwanger, 1991; Mincer, 1993); (4) the decrease of the union participation rate (Freeman, 1993); and (5) the increase of foreign competition in concentrated industries (Borjas and Ramey, 1995). Keywords: Firm Size; Skilled Worker; Current Population Survey; Wage Inequality; Wage Equation (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26281-6_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26281-6_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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