Firpo, Sergio; Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
This paper argues that changes in the returns to occupational tasks have contributed tochanges in the wage distribution over the last three decades. Using Current PopulationSurvey (CPS) data, we first show that the 1990s polarization of wages is explained bychanges in wage setting between and...