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I actually noticed something when I was living in Argentina, South America (I'm from the US). It was more common for people to have maids, nannies, etc, than i

I actually noticed something when I was living in Argentina, South America (I'm from the US). It was more common for people to have maids, nannies, etc, than in the US. Not super rich people either, just upper middle class people. It made me wonder if there was some kind of "maid index" - an indicator of the percentage of people who have a maid. I suspect it could be used as some kind of indicator for wealth equality (or inequality).

bigchewy 10y ago
gini coefficient is probably pretty close to what you are looking for. it shows the delate in inqequality between high and low earners in [country/region]. haven't looked at that stuff for a while but, traditionally, much of S America had high gini coefficents
kylehotchkiss 10y ago
It's the same for Asia. If USA had no mimimum wage and it wasn't a faux pas to have a working relation that involved somebody working nearby without acknowledging them, I'm sure many many people would also have maids. (The weirdest part is going to a home and seeing your host confused as to why you thank or interact with their maid!)