Is the growing skill premium a purely metropolitan issue?

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 102
Issue: 2
Pages: 73-75

Authors (3)

Chung, Chul (not in RePEc) Clark, Jeremy (not in RePEc) Kim, Bonggeun (Seoul National University)

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Abstract

This paper documents that virtually all of the growth in the skilled wage premium over the 1980s in the United States was confined to metropolitan areas. Explanations for the growing skilled premium will therefore need to take location into account.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:102:y:2009:i:2:p:73-75
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25