Haltiwanger, John <br/><br/>
Rising Top, Falling Bottom: Industries and Rising Wage Inequality 

 -  American Economic Review  2024 
 - 3250-3283 
<br/><br/> Most of the rise in overall earnings inequality from 1996 to 2018 is accounted for by rising between-industry dispersion. The contribution of industries is right-skewed with the top 10 percent of four-digit NAICS industries dominating. The top 10 percent are clustered in high-paying high-tech and low-paying retail sectors. In the top industries, high-wage workers are increasingly sorted to high-wage industries with rising industry premia. In the bottom industries, low-wage workers are increasingly sorted into low-wage industries, with rising employment and falling industry wage premia. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>0002-8282 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Labor Demand<br/> Labor Productivity<br/> Personnel Economics<br/> Wage Differentials<br/> Wage Level and Structure<br/>Human Capital