Wage Inequality in the United States During the 1980s: Rising Dispersion or Falling Minimum Wage?
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 114 (3) , 977-1023
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355399556197
Abstract
The magnitude of growth in “underlying” wage inequality in the United States during the 1980s is obscured by a concurrent decline in the federal miniAll Related Versions
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