Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2240 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 29
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper surveys major empirical regularities concerning changes in earnings inequality in Europe and the U.S. over the past 25 years. Next, it indicates which of these regularities can be explained within the competitive demand-supply framework of analysis and what is left unexplained. Finally, it considers the implications of organizational change as a possible rationale for recent inequality developments.
Subjects: 
Inequality
Income distribution
Earnings
Wage rigidities
Skilled and unskilled workers
Education
Globalization
Technological change
Organizational change
Labor supply
Minimum wage
Unionization
JEL: 
D63
D31
D23
D24
D33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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