The gap manifests itself in much higher unemployment rates for high-school educated workers than for college-educated workers at every stage of the business cycle. The gap also shows up in significant – andrising – inequality between the earnings of high-school educated workers and those with a college degree or higher.
这一差距会自我强化，其表现形式是在商业周期的每个阶段，高中文化程度工人的失业率都高于大学文化程度工人。这一差距还体现在高中教育程度工人和大学及以上教育程度工人严重——且仍在不断恶化——的收入不平等上。