Chart: Replication of key job polarization figure using CPS-ORG data adjusted for occupation coding breaks in 1982/1983 and 2002/2003, 1979–89, 1989–2000, 2000–07

Figure E

*Ranked by 1979 occupational mean wage.

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

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