Skill Intensity and Rising Wage Dispersion in Nineteenth-Century American Manufacturing
利用Goldin和Katz的制造业模型及手稿普查数据，研究了19世纪美国工厂月工资的相关因素及1850至1880年间工厂间工资离散度的变化，发现工资随工厂规模递减、随资本密集度和蒸汽动力使用递增，且不平等加剧主要发生在中位数以下，部分归因于大工厂就业集中度上升。
We study the correlates of the monthly establishment wage—the average monthly wage at the establishment level—and changes in wage dispersion between plants using a model of manufacturing developed by Goldin and Katz and data from manuscript censuses of manufacturing. We find that wages were decreasing in establishment size, but increasing in capital intensity and use of steam power. We also find an increase in inequality in the establishment wage between 1850 and 1880. Most of the increase occurred below the median wage and can be attributed, in part, to the growing concentration of employment in large establishments.