U.S. Wage-Inequality Trends and Recent Immigration

摘要

How should we assess the changing eco- nomic status of workers and families in the United States? The answer is obvious to may, Including outstanding economists who decry The meager wage growth and rising wage and Income inequality in the United Stages since 1979 (Paul Krugman, 1992; Richard Freeman, 1996/1997; James Tobin, 1996/1997). Ac- cording to Freeman (1996/1997) the follow- ing "Facts are not in dispute": ... income inequality in the united States has massively increased.