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40% of the wage gap from 1980-2019 has been reversed in the last 3. -- (link)

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An update to my paper with David Autor & Annie McGrew. The Unexpected Compression in wages has persisted, even as labor market tightness subsided. Tl;dr ~40% of the rise in wage gap between 10th & 90th percentile in 1980-2019 was reversed in past 3 years. 1/ nber.org/system/files...

Arin Dube (@arindube.bsky.social) 2023-11-13T20:44:18.479Z
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