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A Note on Employment and Wage Polarization in the U.S
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A Note on Employment and Wage Polarization in the U.S

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  • F. Cerina
  • A. Moro
  • M. Rendall

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We compare employment and wage polarization in the U.S. using different sample periods, occupations classification and the inclusion or not of agricultural occupations. We report two main findings. First, we show that employment polarization can emerge together or without wage polarization, depending on the sample period considered. Second, we show that removing agricultural occupations changes the timing of employment polarization, making it emerge earlier, and substantially increases the degree of both employment and wage polarization with respect to the case in which they are included in the sample.

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  • F. Cerina & A. Moro & M. Rendall, 2020. "A Note on Employment and Wage Polarization in the U.S," Working Paper CRENoS 202002, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
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    Keywords

    Employment Polarization; Wage Polarization; Agricultural Occupations;
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    JEL classification:

    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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