Labor market structure, human capital, and earnings inequality in metropolitan areas

Arthur Sakamoto

doi:10.1093/sf/67.1.86

Labor market structure, human capital, and earnings inequality in metropolitan areas

Arthur Sakamoto^*

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Abstract

Individualistic versus structuralist explanations of aggregate-level earnings inequality are contrasted. Their respective predictions are then empirically considered in regression analyses of earnings inequality across 282 metropolitan areas. In general the results do not provide strong support for the structuralist model at least as operationalized in terms of industrially and occupationally discrete segments. The effects of individualistic variables, however, do not provide strong support for human capital theory either, and the results vary substantially depending on which particular measure of inequality is considered. Implications for labor market research and theory are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-107
Number of pages	22
Journal	Social Forces
Volume	67
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/67.1.86
Publication status	Published - Sept 1988

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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