During the past two decades, wages of skilled workers in the United States rose while those of unskilled workers fell; less-educated young men in particular have suffered unprecedented losses in real earnings. These twelve original essays explore whether this trend is unique to the United States...

The papers in this volume present an excellent sampling of the best of current research in labor economics, combining the most sophisticated theory and econometric methods with high-quality data on a variety of problems. Originally presented at a Universities-National Bureau Committee for...

Since the early 1980s, the U.S. economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing...

Pay Equity -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS -- PANEL MEMBERS -- RESEARCHERS -- DISCUSSANTS -- STAFF -- GUESTS -- PAY EQUITY: ASSESSING THE ISSUES -- THE EMPERICAL INQUIRIES -- Gender Differences in Wages: Wage Determination for Individuals --...