Little change in ranking for economically distressed cities from Relative metropolitan rising and fall What are cities doing: Minimum wage, paid leave, development policies No demonstrated harm States: States often pre-empt/block cities from equity steps Limits to local action Possible futures: Regional metropolitan area cooperation Cities make intra-state alliance Multi-state compacts on equity issues QUESTIONS AND ANSWER: How do you estimate EITC impact on employment? Natural experiments on expansions to women and women with certain numbers of children How do you estimate any affect on having a single parent working outside the house? Session VII Speaker 1: Isabel By any measure, the top 20 percent has more than 70 percent of income Minor improvements have been made from 1990 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2007, but at this rate it would take hundreds of years to reach a reasonably equitable balance Labor shares declining since the 1970s across the globe There is a serious need to examine inequality across all sectors income, – wealth, health, housing, etc. For example, many western European households had subsidized energy What about a basic income? Alaska forms an interesting example but it is far too low to be practical a fraction of the poverty line – The pending Swiss referendum on a monthly income of 2,500 swiss francs per month Even this is still a low-level wage and probably unaffordable The cost would be around 20 percent of GDP, but this is much more expensive than social security because of the lack of contributions Social security (particularly public pensions) greatly reduces inequality but it does depend on where the money comes from Austerity and fiscal consolidation can drive up inequality
Little change in ranking for economically distressed cities from Relative metropolitan rising and fall What are cities doing: Minimum wage, paid leave, development policies No demonstrated harm States: States often pre-empt/block cities from equity steps Limits to local action Possible futures: Regional metropolitan area cooperation Cities make intra-state alliance Multi-state compacts on equity issues QUESTIONS AND ANSWER: How do you estimate EITC impact on employment? Natural experiments on expansions to women and women with certain numbers of children How do you estimate any affect on having a single parent working outside the house? Session VII Speaker 1: Isabel By any measure, the top 20 percent has more than 70 percent of income Minor improvements have been made from 1990 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2007, but at this rate it would take hundreds of years to reach a reasonably equitable balance Labor shares declining since the 1970s across the globe There is a serious need to examine inequality across all sectors – income, wealth, health, housing, etc. For example, many western European households had subsidized energy What about a basic income? Alaska forms an interesting example but it is far too low to be practical – a fraction of the poverty line The pending Swiss referendum on a monthly income of 2,500 swiss francs per month Even this is still a low-level wage and probably unaffordable The cost would be around 20 percent of GDP, but this is much more expensive than social security because of the lack of contributions Social security (particularly public pensions) greatly reduces inequality but it does depend on where the money comes from Austerity and fiscal consolidation can drive up inequality
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