Francine D. Blau|Lawrence M. Kahn
Do Cognitive Test Scores Explain Higher U.S. Wage Inequality?
Cornell University|Cornell University
using microdata 19941998 international adult literacy survey nine countries examine role cognitive skills explaining higher wage inequality united states find greater dispersion cognitive test scores united states plays part explaining higher us wage inequality higher labor market prices ie higher returns measured human capital cognitive performance greater residual inequality still play important roles average quantitatively considerably important differences distribution test scores explaining higher us wage inequality