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I don't think you quoted the wages correctly? The Wikipedia OECD stats are in PPP, not gross. Also, while you sort of mention it, I think using averages when t
by olau 10y ago
I don't think you quoted the wages correctly? The Wikipedia OECD stats are in PPP, not gross.
Also, while you sort of mention it, I think using averages when the distribution is clearly skewed is a really bad practice. It doesn't help us develop intuition on how things are for most people.
- ptaipale 10y agoYes, averages skew things, but then the wage figures are before taxation, which skews things even more... but as I mentioned, when you take transfers into account, the lowest income people are better off in Denmark, also when buying food.