production, wages, and employment that have occurred over the last several decades. We investigate the following two related … hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in the dispersion of wages and productivity has occurred across … establishments and these changes are linked. Second, that the increased dispersion in wages and productivity across establishments is …

the U.S. is accounted for by industry effects. These industry effects stem from rising inter-industry earnings … differentials and not from changing distribution of employment across industries. We also find the rising inter-industry earnings … components of the recent literature: one focuses on firm effects and the other on occupation effects. The link via industry …