abstract: 'The growth of income inequality is now recognized to be one of the most

  important developments in employment relations of our time. While

  inequality has increased in many parts of the world, it has been most

  pronounced in the United States. We review the factors that have been

  suggested to cause the growth in inequality and, given these multiple

  causes, suggest a set of actions that might begin to reverse this trend.

  We give special attention to the changes in the employment relationship

  related to labor market institutions - including unions and other forms

  of worker representation, wage regulations and enforcement, and safety

  net policy - while also accounting for explanations and proposals that

  focus on technology, skills and education, and globalization.

  Additionally, we argue that emerging forms of organizational

  restructuring are becoming increasingly important to the study of

  inequality and its remedies.'
affiliation: 'Kochan, TA (Corresponding Author), MIT, Sloan Sch Management, 100 Main
  St,E62-334, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.

  Kochan, Thomas A., MIT, Work \& Employment Res, Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge,
  MA 02142 USA.

  Kochan, Thomas A., MIT, Sloan Inst Work \& Employment Res, Sloan Sch Management,
  Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.

  Riordan, Christine A., MIT, Inst Work \& Employment Res, Sloan Sch Management, Cambridge,
  MA 02142 USA.'
author: Kochan, Thomas A. and Riordan, Christine A.
author-email: tkochan@mit.edu
author_list:
- family: Kochan
  given: Thomas A.
- family: Riordan
  given: Christine A.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0022185616634337
eissn: 1472-9296
files: []
issn: 0022-1856
journal: JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
keywords: 'Globalization; income inequality; labor market institutions;

  organizations; skills and education; wage policies'
keywords-plus: 'RISING WAGE INEQUALITY; UNITED-STATES; JOB QUALITY; LABOR; DISPERSION;

  POLICY; POLARIZATION; WORKERS'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '82'
pages: 419-440
papis_id: f7f4065fc86eb3e254737691c0635257
ref: Kochan2016employmentrelations
times-cited: '23'
title: 'Employment relations and growing income inequality: Causes and potential options
  for its reversal'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000375571900009
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '40'
volume: '58'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor
year: '2016'