The rise of intra-occupational wage inequality in the United States, 1983 to 2002.

Autor/inn/en	Kim, ChangHwan; Sakamoto, Arthur
Titel	The rise of intra-occupational wage inequality in the United States, 1983 to 2002. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Zunahme der Lohnungleichheit innerhalb von Berufsgruppen in den Vereinigten Staaten, 1983 bis 2002.
Quelle	In: American sociological review, 73 (2008) 1, S. 129-157Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224; 1939-8271
Schlagwörter	Determinante; Einkommensunterschied; Gewerkschaftszugehörigkeit; Branche; Lohndifferenzierung; Lohnentwicklung; Lohnstruktur; Berufsgruppe; Berufsstruktur; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Qualifikationsstruktur; Geschlechterverteilung; USA
Abstract	"Wage inequality has increased dramatically in the United States since the 1980s. This article investigates the relationship between this trend and occupational structure measured at the three-digit level. Using the Current Population Survey from 1983 to 2002, we find that the direct association between occupations and wage inequality declined over this period as within-occupational inequality grew faster than between-occupational inequality. We estimate multilevel growth models using detailed occupational categories as the unit of analysis to assess how the characteristics of occupations affect changes in mean wages and levels of wage inequality across this time period. The results indicate that changes in mean wages across occupations vary depending on the characteristics of individuals in those occupations and that intra-occupational inequality is difficult to predict using conventional labor force data. These findings seem largely inconsistent with the common sociological view of occupation as the most fundamental feature of the labor market. Correspondingly, a more comprehensive approach - one that incorporates the effects of organizational variables and market processes on rising wage inequality in the New Economy - is warranted." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Längsschnitt; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1983 bis 2002. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2008/3