Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 87 (2005) 1, pp. 184-193
Using microdata from the 1994-1998 International Adult Literacy Survey for nine countries, we examine the role of cognitive skills in explaining higher wage inequality in the United States. We find that while the greater dispersion of cognitive test scores in the United States plays a part in...