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Policy changes explain bottom-50% stagnation

The stagnation of bottom-50% incomes in the U.S. is best explained not by low-skill immigration but by policy changes: the decline in the real federal minimum wage since the late 1960s-70s, the decline in unions and the bargaining power of labor, and very unequal access to higher education.

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Speaker

Gabriel Zucman

Evidence Quote

what's more important... is not low-skill immigration, but it's a number of changes to policy.

Source

Gabriel Zucman on Inequality, Growth, and Distributional National AccountsEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:26:44 AM

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