Rising Wage Inequality: The 1980s Experience in Urban Labor Markets

Thomas Hyclak
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Thomas Hyclak: Lehigh University

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Abstract: Hyclak examines changes in the structure of wages paid for some 40 different jobs found in four different occupational groups. In addition, he concentrates on the jobs and the skills required as the primary determinant of wages, an approach, he says, that complements the more traditional human capital wage model that emphasizes the personal characteristics of workers.

Keywords: wage inequality; skills; human capital; personal characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
ISBN: cloth 9780880992084 paper 9780880992077
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