The median income of a full-time male employee is lower than it was 40 years ago. Wages of male high school graduates have plummeted by some 19% in the period studied by Case and Deaton.
对我们这些研究美国不平等状况的人来说，这方面的证据没什么好大惊小怪的。一名全职男雇员的平均收入比40年前更低。在凯斯-迪顿所研究的时间区间内男性高中毕业生的工资已经大幅下跌了约19％。