Low Wage Pay Gains

Rkmickey at aol.com Rkmickey at aol.com
Sat Feb 6 19:42:57 PST 1999


Paula writes:

<How much of this eruption is scene-setting, prepareing for the rise in crime that will follow the end of the boom. >

I finally realized that the WSJ article was based on chapter 3 ("Benefits of a Strong Labor Market) of the 1999 edition of the "Economic Report of the President" and the accompanying "Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers." Actually, the report brags about how the employment and wage gains have helped reduce crime.

And Paula also writes:

Unlike the article, the Report does the comparason, e.g., Chart 3-5 on p. 108 shows the figures for men of various racial and ethnic categorizations and the following chart shows the numbers for women.

The report can be downloaded as a PDF file at URL:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/

K.Mickey



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