Economic Progress

The US has seen explosive wage growth since 1980, but not in every market. Here’s why

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Fabian Eckert
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Economics, Princeton University
Sharat Ganapati
Assistant Professor of International Economics, Georgetown University
Conor Walsh
PhD candidate, Department of Economics, Yale University
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