Groshen, Erica L.; Holzer, Harry J. - 2021
We describe trends in wages and labor force participation for the "working class" - whom we define as workers with high … school or less education - compared to those with college or more. We compare cyclical peaks over the entire period 1979 …-2019, with particular focus on the Great Recession (2007-2010) and recovery (2010-2019). We also present results by gender and …