Photoelectron spectroscopy data from Bi2Sr2Ca1-xYxCu2O8+delta Single c
rystals, for x = 0, 0.16, and 0.55, are presented. It is shown that th
ere are core level shifts related to the opening of a pseudogap and th
at similar shifts are observed at the opening of the superconducting g
ap in optimally doped samples. This result is in agreement with pair f
ormation above T-c as suggested by V.J. Emery and S.A. Kivelson [Natur
e (London) 374, 434 (1995)].