Table 2a
Occupational shifts and wage gaps, all workers, 1973–2007
| Annualized | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–79 | 1979–89 | 1989-00 | 2000–07 | |||
| 1989–95 | 1995–00 | Total | ||||
| Occupational shifts (annual percentage-point change) | ||||||
| High | 0.40 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.27 |
| Middle | -0.34 | -0.58 | -0.45 | -0.45 | -0.45 | -0.46 |
| Low: service occupations | -0.06 | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| Annual change in log wage gap | ||||||
| 90/50 | 0.34 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.19 | 0.54 | 0.57 |
| 50/10 | -1.18 | 1.52 | -0.60 | -0.61 | -0.61 | 0.01 |
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata. See Appendix for details
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