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Blue-Collar Blues : Is Trade to Blame for Rising US Income Inequality?

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (104 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780881324853
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Blue-Collar BluesDDC classification:
  • 339.2/20973
LOC classification:
  • HC110.I5 -- L346 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Distinctions and Qualifications -- Plan of the Study -- Chapter 2 The Wage-Productivity Gap, 1981-2006 -- Measurement Adjustments -- Role of Wage Inequality -- Rise in Skills of Non-Blue-Collar Workers -- Profits and Top Wage Earners -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Wage Inequality and Trade -- Trade Theory -- Timing of Wage Inequality -- Correlations Between Relative Wages and Prices -- Controlling for Other Causes -- Paradox of Recent Wage Behavior -- What Do the Data Tell Us? -- Chapter 4 Class Inequality and Trade -- Chapter 5 Globalization, Stock Options, and the Super Rich -- Top Executives -- Why Has the Top Done So Well? -- Other Top Earners -- Chapter 6 Job Dislocation: Past and Future -- New Concerns about Job Dislocation from Global Engagement -- Are Borders Irrelevant? -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Distinctions and Qualifications -- Plan of the Study -- Chapter 2 The Wage-Productivity Gap, 1981-2006 -- Measurement Adjustments -- Role of Wage Inequality -- Rise in Skills of Non-Blue-Collar Workers -- Profits and Top Wage Earners -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Wage Inequality and Trade -- Trade Theory -- Timing of Wage Inequality -- Correlations Between Relative Wages and Prices -- Controlling for Other Causes -- Paradox of Recent Wage Behavior -- What Do the Data Tell Us? -- Chapter 4 Class Inequality and Trade -- Chapter 5 Globalization, Stock Options, and the Super Rich -- Top Executives -- Why Has the Top Done So Well? -- Other Top Earners -- Chapter 6 Job Dislocation: Past and Future -- New Concerns about Job Dislocation from Global Engagement -- Are Borders Irrelevant? -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- References -- Index.

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