University of Wisconsin - Madison 2 " 76 ' Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers
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Between 1973 and 1987, men's average earnings declined and the percentage of men with low earnings (defined as annual earnings less than $12,000 a year) increased for whites, blacks, and Hispanics. We estimate regression models for the level and distribution of male earnings for each of these three groups using data from the 1974, 1980, and 1988 March Current Population Surveys. Much of the decline in mean earnings and the increased incidence of low earnings can be attributed to changes in the returns to education, experience, and industry of employment--changes that we attribute to demand-side factors, such as changes in technology. While a substantial portion of the increased incidence of low earnings can be attributed to similar demand-side changes, shifts in industrial employment patterns (such as the shift from durable manufacturing to service-sector jobs) had large effects only on the mean and probability of low earnings among blacks between 1973 and 1979. We also find that educational upgrading over the 15-year period between 1973 and 1987 kept mean wages from falling even further and helped to hold down the growth of low earnings, especially among blacks. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE, AND MALE EARNINGS, 1973-1987
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