This article uses unobserved-components time series models to capture the underlying trends in the quarterly deciles of U.S. hourly wages. Tests of stability and divergence are developed as a means of assessing changes in inequality. The decrease in the wage gender gap is examined, and the...

This paper examines whether the late 1990s IT-related growth has led to a corresponding growth in wage inequality. This is of interest because observers, including Alan Greenspan, have suggested that the "new economy" boom caused growing wage inequality and even job insecurity. The late 1990s...

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Private sector unionism is in decline in the United States. As a result, labor advocates, community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals concerned with the well-being of workers have sought to develop alternative ways to represent workers' interests. Emerging Labor Market...