Over the past 30 years, the number of jobs in the United States requiring skilled labor has been declining as foreign countries steal these jobs away from the U.S. As a result, the domestic demand for skilled labor has been falling and the wage gap between skilled and unskilled labor has been narrowing

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False

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