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ILR Impact Brief - The Sources of International Differences in Wage Inequality

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dc.contributor.authorBlau, Francine D.
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Lawrence M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-12T18:33:43Z
dc.date.available2020-11-12T18:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2006-08-01
dc.descriptionThe ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.
dc.description.abstractWage inequality in the U.S. exceeds that of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Some researchers have pointed to the higher relative rewards for higher cognitive skill and more education in the U.S. as an important cause of this difference; others emphasize the greater diversity of labor market skills within the American population. This paper uses recently collected international data on cognitive skills, earnings, age, and years of formal schooling to assess the relative importance of population heterogeneity and higher relative pay for more cognitive skill in explaining higher U.S. wage inequality.
dc.description.legacydownloadsbrief_10BlauKahn.pdf: 575 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020.
dc.identifier.other202586
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/73083
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relationFor a more in-depth analysis, see Blau, F. D. & Kahn, L. M. (2003). Do cognitive test scores explain higher U.S. wage inequality?
dc.relation.ispartofseriesImpact Brief
dc.relation.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/75468
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: Copyright by Cornell University.
dc.subjectinternational
dc.subjectwage
dc.subjectequality
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectage
dc.titleILR Impact Brief - The Sources of International Differences in Wage Inequality
dc.typenewsletter
local.authorAffiliationBlau, Francine D.: fdb4@cornell.edu Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationKahn, Lawrence M.: lmk12@cornell.edu Cornell University

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