2002/03/01 by Daron Acemoğlu · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Economic Growth and Productivity #Firm Innovation and Growth #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
paper · doi:10.1111/1468-0297.00100
openalex publication_date 2002/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
The economics profession has made considerable progress in understanding the increase in wage inequality in the U.S. and the UK over the past several decades, but currently lacks a consensus on why inequality did not increase, or increased much less, in (continental) Europe over the same time period.