University of Maryland
Sociology 441: Stratification 
graph de-industrialization, 1950-2005

Service & manufacturing trends
Employment by industry

Other possible causes of inequality:
Foreign trade
Immigration
Minimum wage laws
Productivity
Unemployment
Unionization

Income inequality trends:
Overall inequality
Share of bottom quintile
Share of middle quintile
Share of top quintile

 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://stats.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab1.htm
 


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Last updated November 14, 2002
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