Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33837 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2546
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
After a period of regulatory changes in the early 1980s we are faced with new freight transportation labor markets in the U.S. Using data from the 1984-1999 Current Population Survey, we examine trends in the wages of workers within freight transportation, with a focus on wage differentials across industries and occupations. Our aim is to provide stylized facts. We find that real wages in rail, truck, and water transport declined over most of the period and have rebounded since 1996. Within industries we find considerable persistence in wage differentials between and within a majority of occupations. We also find evidence of increased competition in a subset of labor markets
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Working Paper

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