The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries.
Earnings inequality in the OECD countries is commonly seen to have widened considerably since 1980--and this is generally explained by the steady increase in relative demand for skilled labour due to skill-biased technical change and the growing exposure of unskilled workers to international competi...
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| description | Earnings inequality in the OECD countries is commonly seen to have widened considerably since 1980--and this is generally explained by the steady increase in relative demand for skilled labour due to skill-biased technical change and the growing exposure of unskilled workers to international competition through globalization. But this single explanation now looks questionable: the increase in inequality has been uneven across countries, and greater earnings dispersion has mostly been occurring at the top of the distribution. This article takes a fresh look at the evidence and considers alternative explanations to supplement that provided by the race between technology and education. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4c27c0d8-d3e7-4890-9b82-9a135c208d772022-03-26T15:47:48ZThe Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4c27c0d8-d3e7-4890-9b82-9a135c208d77EnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrints2007Atkinson, AEarnings inequality in the OECD countries is commonly seen to have widened considerably since 1980--and this is generally explained by the steady increase in relative demand for skilled labour due to skill-biased technical change and the growing exposure of unskilled workers to international competition through globalization. But this single explanation now looks questionable: the increase in inequality has been uneven across countries, and greater earnings dispersion has mostly been occurring at the top of the distribution. This article takes a fresh look at the evidence and considers alternative explanations to supplement that provided by the race between technology and education. |
| spellingShingle | Atkinson, A The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries. |
| title | The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries. |
| title_full | The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries. |
| title_fullStr | The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries. |
| title_short | The Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries. |
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