INEQUALITY AND CITY SIZE

被引：153

作者：

Baum-Snow, Nathaniel ^{[1
,2
]}

Pavan, Ronni ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912 USA

[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] Univ London, London WC1E 7HU, England

来源：

REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS | 2013年 / 95卷 / 05期

关键词：

WAGE INEQUALITY; RELATIVE WAGES; DECOMPOSITION; RETURNS; DEMAND; SKILLS; 1980S;

D O I：

10.1162/REST_a_00328

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

A strong positive monotonic relationship between wage inequality and city size developed between 1979 and 2007 in the United States. After accounting for differences in skill composition across cities of different sizes, we find that at least 23% of the nationwide increase in the variance of log hourly wages is explained by the more rapid growth in wage inequality in larger locations than in smaller locations. This influence occurred throughout the wage distribution, was most prevalent during the 1990s, and was mostly driven by more rapid growth in within-skill-group inequality in larger cities.

引用

页码：1535 / 1548

页数：14

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