DATA ON CENTRAL COUNTIES AND SUBURBAN COUNTIES OF 29 NON-SOUTHERN STANDARD METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS FROM 1959 TO 1970 SHOW THAT, ON NET, THE RELATIVE CITY/SUBURBS WAGE DID NOT FALL, EVEN INCREASING SLIGHTLY FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. AT LEAST FOR MANUFACTURING, THE INCREASE IN THE CITY/SUBURB WAGE IN THE FACE OF SUBSTANTIAL FIRM DECENTRALIZATION APPEARED TO BE THE RESULT OF A LARGE POPULATION SUBURBANIZATION (ESPECIALLY THAT OF WHITES) WHICH PUT UPWARD PRESSURE ON THE CITY/ SUBURBS MANUFACTURING WAGE. THUS, THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ANY RELATIVE WORSENING IN CITY WAGES DURING THE 1960's.
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