The relationship between income inequality and polarization is an empirical fact: a change in equality might occur … together with a change in polarization. At the same time, polarization might emerge while inequality remains constant. The … disposable income distributions evolved over time. The results indicate that polarization increased in all the considered …

as either 'skill biased' or 'deskilling', and suggest that the polarization of labor demand in manufacturing precedes ICT …

Germany. There is evidence for wage polarization in the U.S. in the 1990s, and the increase in wage inequality in Germany was … effects in the U.S. Employment trends in both countries are consistent with polarization since the 1990s. The evidence is … consistent with a technology-driven polarization of the labor market, but this cannot explain the country specific differences. …