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Indeed it's an odd measure. But still, a factor 5? It can't be common for top-20% households to contain more than two full-time workers.
by iguy 8y ago
Indeed it's an odd measure. But still, a factor 5? It can't be common for top-20% households to contain more than two full-time workers.
- alistairSH 8y agoIn a sibling comment, somebody linked to an article [0] that describes the wealth/free-time paradox. Basically, poor people are extremely underemployed (particularly young white males) and frequently stuck in part-time jobs (or unemployed completely). If a poor person is only able to find 10 hours/week employment, I'm at 4x that. If the poor person is single, my household is 8x because there's two of us. 0 - https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/the-free-time-paradox-in-america/499826/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/the-fre...