Polarization and Rising Wage Inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany

Since the late 1970s, wage inequality has increased strongly both in the U.S. and Germany but the trends have been different. Wage inequality increased along the entire wage distribution during the 1980s in the U.S. and since the mid 1990s in Germany. There is evidence for wage polarization in the U...

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Main Authors: Dirk Antonczyk, Thomas DeLeire, Bernd Fitzenberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Econometrics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1146/6/2/20