Labor Market Institutions and the Distribution of Wages, 1973-1992: A Semiparametric Approach

John DiNardo, Nicole Fortin and Thomas Lemieux

Econometrica, 1996, vol. 64, issue 5, 1001-44

Abstract: This paper provides evidence that the decline in the real value of the minimum wage and in the rate of unionization account for a significant share of the increase in wage inequality in the United States between 1979 and 1988. The role of the minimum wage is particularly important for women, while deunionization has the largest impact on men. The authors develop a semiparametric procedure that applies kernel density methods to appropriately weighted samples. The procedure provides a visually clear representation of where in the density of wages institutional and labor market forces exert the greatest impact. Copyright 1996 by The Econometric Society.

Date: 1996
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