Code for "Rising Top, Falling Bottom: Industries and Rising Wage Inequality"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland; Henry Hyatt, Bureau of the Census; James Spletzer
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Project Citation:
Haltiwanger, John, Hyatt, Henry, and Spletzer, James. Code for “Rising Top, Falling Bottom: Industries and Rising Wage Inequality.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-08-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E198751V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Most of the rise in overall earnings inequality from 1996 to 2018 is accounted for by rising
between-industry dispersion. The contribution of industries is right-skewed with the top ten percent of 4-digit NAICS industries dominating. The top ten percent are clustered in high-paying high-tech and low-paying retail sectors. In the top industries, high-wage workers are increasingly sorted to high-wage industries with rising industry premia. In the bottom industries, low-wage workers are increasingly sorted into low-wage industries, with rising employment and falling industry wage premia.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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Inequality;
Firms;
Sorting
JEL Classification:
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J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Coverage:
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US
Universe:
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US workers and firms. Some analysis relies on a subset of states. Robustness analysis on more limited data uses all 50 states.
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
survey data
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