ASSESSING THE JOB POLARIZATION EXPLANATION OF GROWING WAGE INEQUALITY

We thank Hilary Wething for outstanding research assistance. We are grateful to David Autor for generously making his data and programs available, and for an ongoing lively and helpful discussion. We thank Sand and participants at the panel " Inequality in America: Contending Theories " at the 2013 ASSA annual meeting for many helpful comments.

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