Wage Inequality and Segregation by Skill
National Bureau of Economic ResearchPublished 1 August 1996Open access
Michael Kremer, Eric Maskin
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Evidence from the United States, Britain, and France suggests that recent growth in wage inequality has been accompanied by greater segregation of high-and low-skill workers into separate firms.
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