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100	1		_aMargo, Robert A. _916032
245	1	0	_aChanges in the Distribution of Wages, 1940-1950: _bThe Public vs. the Private Sector / _cRobert A. Margo, T. Aldrich Finegan.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c1995.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w5389
500			_aDecember 1995.
520	3		_aBetween 1940 and 1950 wage differentials within and between labor market groups narrowed significantly - the so-called 'Great Compression'. This paper disaggregates the Great Compression into its public and private components. Wage compression in the public sector, along with a decline in the pay premia received by public sector workers, explains about 40 percent of aggregate wage compression in the 1940s. The experience of the 1940s stands in stark contrast with that of the past two decades, in which a rigid public sector wage structure has dampened increases in aggregate wage inequality.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aN32 - U.S. • Canada: 1913- _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ31 - Wage Level and Structure • Wage Differentials _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aFinegan, T. Aldrich.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w5389.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w5389
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w5389
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