August 29, 2012

Declining Unionization Caused One-Third Of Increase In Wage Inequality During Last 40 Years

Declining Unionization Caused One-Third Of Increase In Wage Inequality During Last 40 Years: Nearly one-third of the increase in wage inequality among men over the last four decades is attributable to the declining unionization of the American workforce, a new study from the Economic Policy Institute found. Declining unionization is responsible for roughly one-fifth of the growth in wage inequality among women over the same time period (from [...]/p