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manlymuppettoday at 2:59 AM1 replyview on HN

Actually the opposite was stated in the paper.

> This compression accelerated in 2021: real wage growth in the bottom two deciles remained positive and close to its pre-period pace, while all other deciles experienced declines of about 2 percent, roughly four percentage points below their pre-period growth


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gchamonlivetoday at 3:36 AM

Isn't deciles every 10%? The top 90% is too rough, you need to compare the top 0.09% and the rest to see how much the social gap has widened

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