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>After accounting for all these, an SV, NYC, Seattle, etc., engineer ends up with far more disposable income than their EU counterpart. I said it narrows the g
by p_j_w 2y ago
>After accounting for all these, an SV, NYC, Seattle, etc., engineer ends up with far more disposable income than their EU counterpart.
I said it narrows the gap, not closes it.
>https://www.statista.com/statistics/725764/oecd-household-di https://www.statista.com/statistics/725764/oecd-household-di...
Your link is behind a paywall, I can't view that data.
- blackhawkC17 2y agoPoint noted, Wikipedia breaks down the data better - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_capita_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_c....
- p_j_w 2y agoHousing is notably not included here. Further, while it says government or non-profit provided health care and educated are included in the incomes for countries where it's available, the countries where it is NOT available don't show a reduced disposable income to pay for these things. These data do not show what you think they show. They already show a smaller gap than you had originally implied, and as I stated earlier, that gap is going to narrow substantially when the rest of these factors are taken into account.