University of Maryland
Sociology 441: Stratification 
graph unemployment, 1950-2005
Unemployment by race

Other possible causes of inequality:
De-industrialization
Foreign trade
Immigration
Minimum wage laws
Productivity
Unionization

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


 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/data/
 


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Last updated January 28, 2003
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