Groshen, Erica; Holzer, Harry J. - 2021
We describe trends in wages and labor force participation for the “working class”—whom we define as workers with high …–2019, with particular focus on the Great Recession (2007–2010) and recovery (2010–2019). We also present results by gender and … race. We find real wage growth in the latter period for all workers, but not enough to change the long-term trends of …