这种极化现象促使劳动收入分配的不平等状况加剧，从而推动了总体收入不平等的恶化 — — 许多经济学家，从大卫·诺托（Thomas Autor）到托马斯·皮凯蒂（Thomas Piketty）都着重指出了这一动向。
Such polarization fuels rising inequality in the distribution of labor income, which in turn drives growth in overall income inequality – a dynamic that many economists, from David Autor to Thomas Piketty, have emphasized.