Explaining the unexplained. Residual wage inequality, manufacturing decline and low-skilled immigration.

Autor/in	Gould, Eric D.
Titel	Explaining the unexplained. Residual wage inequality, manufacturing decline and low-skilled immigration. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Erklärung des Unerklärten. Residuallohnungleichheit, Entindustralisierung und Einwanderung von Geringqualifizierten.
Quelle	In: The economic journal, 129 (2019) 619, S. 1281-1326 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-0133; 1468-0297
DOI	10.1111/ecoj.12611
Schlagwörter	Bildungsertrag; Entindustrialisierung; Erwerbsquote; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Regionaler Vergleich; USA
Abstract	"This article investigates whether the increasing 'residual wage inequality' trend, which is responsible for most of the wage inequality phenomenon, is related to manufacturing decline and the influx of low-skilled immigrants. The analysis exploits variation across locations in the United States, and shows that a shrinking manufacturing sector increases inequality. This effect strengthens with an influx of low-skilled immigrants. Similar results are found for the increasing return to education and the decline in the employment rate. The evidence suggests that manufacturing decline is producing downward pressure on the relative wages of workers at the low end of the income distribution." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/1