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Idaho's $11,000/worker Wage Gap: Why? Which sectors are responsible? What can we do about it?
- Title:
- Idaho's $11,000/worker Wage Gap: Why? Which sectors are responsible? What can we do about it?
- Presenter:
- Steve Cooke
- Affiliations:
- Agricultural Economics
- Date:
- 2013-01-22
- Academic Year:
- 2012/13
- Description:
- In 2005, the Rocky Mountain states (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming) average annual wage per job was about $4,000 less than the U.S. average. In 2009, Idaho’s average wage per job was $10,700 less. Idaho’s wage gap was the result of a positive sector bias on employment growth in influential low-wage sectors and negative sector bias on employment growth and the low level of wages in the influential high-wage sectors. The economy of the Rocky Mountain region can be characterized as caught in a low-skill/low-wage equilibrium trap.
- Original Link:
- http://www.uidaho.edu/class/mric/archives/2012-2013/idahos-wage-gap
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- Citation:
- "Idaho's $11,000/worker Wage Gap: Why? Which sectors are responsible? What can we do about it?", Renfrew Colloquium Archive, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mric/items/mric2012-13-011.html