Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence

Daron Acemoglu

Working papers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper offers an alternative theory for the increase in unemployment and wage inequality experienced in the U.S. over the past two decades. In my model firms decide the composition of jobs and then match with skilled and unskilled workers.

Keywords: UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGES; LABOUR MARKET (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J30 J31 J60 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 1996
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