TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kremer,Michael
AU  - Maskin,Eric
TI  - Wage Inequality and Segregation by Skill
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 5718
PY  - 1996
Y2  - August 1996
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5718
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w5718.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Michael Kremer
Harvard University
Department of Economics
Littauer Center M20
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-9145
Fax: 617/495-7730
E-Mail: mkremer@fas.harvard.edu

Eric Maskin
Dept. of Economics
Harvard University
E-Mail: emaskin@fas.harvard.edu
AB  - Evidence from the US, Britain, and France suggests that recent growth in wage inequality has been accompanied by greater segregation of high- and low-skill workers into separate firms.  A model in which workers of different skill-levels are imperfect substitutes can simultaneously account for these increases in segregation and inequality either through technological change, or, more parsimoniously, through observed changes in the skill-distribution
ER  -