Modern Labor Economics - Ehrenberg
Discuss the factors bearing on the observed earnings gap between median levels of pay for the 60 - 80th percentile of earners (or 4th 'quintile') and the 20 - 40th percentile (or 2nd quintile.)Then discuss issues that bear on how well quintile analysis describes the actual levels of inequality in compensation (and indeed well-being) among individuals in society.
Then discuss issues that bear on how well quintile analysis describes the actual levels of inequality in compensation (and indeed well-being) among individuals in society.