Much of the U.S. labor economics literature asserts that U.S. wage income inequality increased in the last half of the … of growing inequality. This paper shows for nonmetro wage incomes in the U.S. that those gains are but one aspect of the …

inequality. This increase has been exacerbated by the changes in females' working hours. …

the 1970s which diminishes until the later 1990s. This reduces wages at lower quantiles and increases wage inequality …. Post 2000 there appears to be an increase in positive sorting which reduces the selection effects on wage inequality. …

by applying it to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of …

the 1970s which diminishes until the later 1990s. This reduces wages at lower quantiles and increases wage inequality …. Post 2000 there appears to be an increase in positive sorting which reduces the selection effects on wage inequality. …

inequality. This increase has been exacerbated by the changes in females' working hours. …

investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality … environments, is key to reduce inter-racial earnings inequality in Brazil, specific policies are also needed to facilitate non …

literature, we find a noticeable increase of wage inequality between 1999 and 2006. The decomposition results show that the … changes in personal characteristics explain some of the increase in wage inequality whereas the changes in task assignments … strongly work towards reducing wage inequality. The coefficient effect for personal characteristics works towards an increase …

that is shared by a large majority of wage earners. Second, the historical gender inequality in wage be reduced. Third …, there be a decrease in wage inequality for both males and females. We use the long-form records of the 2001 and 2006 …

occupational concentration to wage inequality between establishments and its growth over time. We show that occupational … small amount of wage inequality growth between establishments during this time period. …