Keyword: union
Glamour vs Hardship (6/22/2006)
Most glamorous jobs have high average income but low median income while most bread-and-butter jobs have median income that is very close to the average income.
Keywords: actress, average salary, coal miners, compensating differential, farm workers, glamour discount, hardship, income, income distribution, labor market, median salary, news anchor, truck drivers, union, wages
Income Distribution (7/7/2006)
In the U. S., the top income group has been gaining relative to the rest of the population due to globalization, but the belief in upward mobility is still strong.
Keywords: capital, Gini coefficient, globalization, income distribution, labor, middle class, offshoring, outsourcing, union, upward mobility