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Growing inequality in the distribution of labor market earnings in the United States has become one of the more popular research topics in labor economics in recent years. Researchers in the early 1980s first observed rising earnings inequality among men (e.g., Henle and Ryscavage, 1980; Plotnick, 1982). Since that time many papers, articles, and books have been written about the increase in earnings inequality during the 1980s and the possible explanations for the development (Levy and Murnane, 1992).
The views expressed in this chapter are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Census Bureau. The chapter was previously published in The Review of Income and Wealth, Series 38, no. 1, (March 1992).
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Green, G.W., Coder, J., Ryscavage, P. (1994). International Comparisons of Earnings Inequality for Men in the 1980s. In: Papadimitriou, D.B. (eds) Aspects of Distribution of Wealth and Income. The Jerome Levy Economics Institute Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23429-5_4
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