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U.S. Earnings Inequality Plateaued in the Past Decade, New Study Finds

In a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Clem Aeppli and MIT Sloan Associate Professor Nathan Wilmers find that a plateau in U.S. earnings inequality that started around 2012 was primarily due to rapid wage gains by workers at the low end of the labor market,

Oct 12, 2022

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MIT Sloan research reveals reversal of rising earnings inequality

A new study has found that U.S earnings inequality has stalled over the last decade. It marks the first sustained reversal of rising earnings inequality in approximately 30 years.

Oct 5, 2022

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