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Accounting for the recent divergence in regional wage differentials


Abstract: An explanation of the recent interruption in the long-term trend of regional wage convergence, showing that changes in the value that each census region places on worker characteristics account for much of the shift to wage divergence since 1980.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1989

Volume: 25

Issue: Q III

Pages: 14-26