% of Americans in Poverty since 1960s bit.ly/195NbKb http://t.co/F2E6qUfRVP—
Catherine Mulbrandon (@VisualEcon) October 28, 2014
Distribution of the male American, British and German number of working hours
15 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: British economy, compensating differentials, Germany, health insurance, labour force participation, male labour force participation, Obamacare, part-time work, social insurance
Few men work part-time. Many that do are teenagers. Two-thirds of male workers in America, Britain and Germany work at least 40 hours a week and another quarter worked 35 to 40 hours a week except in the USA. A surprising number of Americans, 11%, worked 20 to 29 hours. If they work that 30th hour, the employer must provide them with health insurance under Obamacare.
Source: OECD Family Database.
@Greencatherine 1996 US welfare reforms and the employment of single mums who were high school dropouts
31 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: 1996 US welfare reforms, paternal labour supply, single mothers, single parents, social insurance, welfare state
https://twitter.com/hamiltonproj/status/659776768094547968
There was a step increase in the employment rate of single parents and in particular high school dropouts straight after the implementation of the 1996 US federal welfare reforms.
These single mothers who dropped out of high school were thought to be least employable and most at risk to the 1996 US welfare reform. There was a large increase in their employment and this massive improvement in their rates of employment is enduring to this day.
No country for gender equality – the Swedish gender pay gap at 10th, 50th and 90th percentile since 1980
22 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics Tags: compensating differentials, gender wage gap, maternity leave, social insurance, Sweden
Whatever else a generous welfare state, high taxes and lavish maternity leave may do, they haven’t made more than a scratch on the Swedish gender pay gap for 35 years at least.
Source: OECD Employment Database.
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