Replication data for: Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data, or Rising Demand for Skill?

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Project Citation:

Lemieux, Thomas. Replication data for: Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data, or Rising Demand for Skill? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116216V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper shows that a large fraction of the 1973-2003 growth in residual wage inequality is due to composition effects linked to the secular increase in experience and education, two factors associated with higher within-group wage dispersion. The level and growth in residual wage inequality are also overstated in the March Current Population Survey (CPS) because, unlike the May or Outgoing Rotation Group (ORG) CPS, it does not measure directly the hourly wages of workers paid by the hour. The magnitude and timing of the growth in residual wage inequality provide little evidence of a pervasive increase in the demand for skill due to skill-biased technological change. (JEL J31)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I21 Analysis of Education
      J23 Labor Demand
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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