Manufacturing Jobs and Inequality : Why is the U.S. Experience Different? /

We examine the extent to which declining manufacturing employment may have contributed to increasing inequality in advanced economies. This contribution is typically small, except in the United States. We explore two possible explanations: the high initial manufacturing wage premium and the high lev...

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Auteur principal: Novta, Natalija
Autres auteurs: Pugacheva, Evgenia
Format: Revue
Langue:English
Publié: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Collection:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/191
Accès en ligne:Full text available on IMF