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Episode Notes: Worker Diversity and Wage Growth Since 1940
Read more- Overview: Delve into the compelling dynamics between worker diversity and wage growth. Spanning eight decades, this episode uncovers how shifting demographics in the U.S. workforce since the 1940s have influenced the trajectory of wages.
- Key Historical Context: From the 1940s onwards, the U.S. economy has witnessed transformative shifts — technological advancements, job type transitions, and notable demographic changes in the workforce.
- Major Discoveries:
- The present-day average U.S. worker profile has evolved to be older, better educated, more female-centric, more diverse in race, and moderately less single compared to the 1940s.
- Wage growth has been impacted both by the hourly wages un ...