Gender-related shifts in the distribution of wages

Abstract

In example, a variety recent years, of computers changes U.S. wage in and the earners other labor information market. have faced For a variety of changes in the labor market. For exampl , mputers a d oth r nf rmation technologies have redefined the nature of many jobs, corporate downsizings and layoffs have altered the career paths of numerous workers, and stiffer global and domestic competition has sharpened concerns over labor costs on the part of employers. These developments and others have produced changes in the shape of the wage distribution and, for many wage earners, their location in it.