IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 2 Within-group wage dispersion and worker share, by age and education

From: When supply meets demand: wage inequality in Portugal

		Within-group			Worker share
		wage dispersion
		1984	1995	2009	1984	1995	2009
		Low skill
Age < 36	50/10	0.209	0.217	0.111	0.287	0.158	0.085
	90/50	0.395	0.422	0.490
Age 36-45	50/10	0.355	0.341	0.199	0.165	0.132	0.119
	90/50	0.458	0.616	0.594
Age > 45	50/10	0.353	0.434	0.260	0.197	0.153	0.168
	90/50	0.496	0.666	0.763
All	50/10	0.310	0.358	0.200	0.649	0.442	0.372
	90/50	0.455	0.639	0.667
		Medium skill
Age < 36	50/10	0.420	0.391	0.239	0.202	0.340	0.257
	90/50	0.591	0.771	0.704
Age 36-45	50/10	0.600	0.785	0.525	0.072	0.101	0.135
	90/50	0.518	0.780	1.161
Age > 45	50/10	0.644	1.003	0.741	0.048	0.065	0.095
	90/50	0.736	0.784	1.356
All	50/10	0.561	0.528	0.377	0.321	0.506	0.486
	90/50	0.741	1.100	1.149
		High skill
Age < 36	50/10	0.731	0.983	0.786	0.014	0.028	0.085
	90/50	0.571	0.920	0.867
Age 36-45	50/10	0.815	1.220	1.115	0.009	0.014	0.038
	90/50	0.562	0.877	1.117
Age > 45	50/10	1.287	1.308	1.865	0.007	0.010	0.019
	90/50	0.608	1.000	1.228
All	50/10	0.865	1.194	0.984	0.030	0.051	0.142
	90/50	0.725	1.082	1.344

Notes: The tabulated statistics are for both genders. See note to Figure 1. Low skill - 6 or less years of schooling; Medium skill - 7 to 12 years of schooling; High skill - college degree.

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