How shifting occupational composition has affected the real average wage.

OES data from 2002 — 2007 reveal that an overall shift in employment towards occupations with lower mean wages hindered growth in the U.S. real average wage and that wage growth was concentrated in higher paying occupations; the data also show a shift in employment from the middle-paying occupations...

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Published in:	Monthly Labor Review Vol. 132; no. 6; pp. 26 - 39
Main Author:	Keller, Rebecca
Format:	Article
Published:	US Department of Labor Jun2009
Subjects:	United States Labor mobility Occupations Income inequality Employment statistics Wage increases Real wages Shift-share analysis Compensation management
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost