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Rising wage inequality : the 1980s experience in urban labor markets / Thomas Hyclak.

Lippincott Library HD4975 .H929 2000
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hyclak, Thomas.
Contributor:
John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wages--United States.
Wages.
Wages--Effect of education on.
Regional disparities.
United States.
Wages--United States--Regional disparities.
Wages--Effect of education on--United States.
Labor market--United States.
Labor market.
Employee fringe benefits--United States.
Employee fringe benefits.
Physical Description:
x, 159 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, [2000]
Contents:
The Sample of Local Labor Markets 14
The Area Wage Survey Data 17
2 Trends in the Urban Wage Structure 23
Employment Trends 23
Median Real Wage Trends 26
Trends in Wage Inequality 29
Variance Decomposition 34
Wage Inequality within Occupational Groups 37
Relative Wages of Occupational Groups 37
3 Trends in Benefit and Union Contract Coverage 45
Holiday and Vacation Time 46
Health Insurance 48
Pension Coverage 50
Other Insurance Benefits 51
Union Contract Coverage 53
The Union Influence on Benefit Levels 55
4 Skill Requirements and Returns on Skills 61
Occupational Skill Indices 62
Returns on Skill 67
Trends in the Skill Mix, by Occupational Group 80
5 Market and Institutional Factors in Rising Wage Inequality 87
Method 88
An Analysis of the Real Wage Level 92
An Analysis of the Variance of Real Wages 99
An Analysis of the 50-25 Wage Differential 105
Overall Wage Inequality 108
6 Summary and Policy Implications 115
Summary of the Results 115
Policy Implications 118
7 Addendum: Atlanta in 1991 and 1996 123
Appendix A Data Sources and Definitions of Metropolitan Areas 127
Appendix B Wage Distribution Data 131
Appendix C Unemployment Rates 133
5.1 Ratio of Wages Relative to Material Movement Worker Wages, Los Angeles 99
5.2 Variances of the log of Real Wages, Los Angeles 104.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-142) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.
ISBN:
0880992077
0880992085
OCLC:
43936845

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