SWA2014-Wages | Table 4.41 | Minimum-wage impact on 50/10 wage gap, 1979–2009
| Change in 50/10 wage gap* | Change explained by minimum wage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual change |
Minimum-wage effect |
||
| 1979–1991 | |||
| Women | 22.4 | 7.3 | 32.6% |
| Men | 11.2 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| All | 7.1 | 3.0 | 42.3 |
| 1979–2009 | |||
| Women | 25.2 | 16.5 | 65.5% |
| Men | 5.3 | 0.6 | 11.3 |
| All | 11.4 | 6.5 | 57.0 |
* Change in the (log) gap between wages of workers at the 50th percentile relative to wages of those at the 10th percentile
Source: Authors' analysis of Autor, Manning, and Smith (2010, Table 5)
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