“Daddy Bonus” & “Mommy Tax” – or the value of having children

Last May the Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies at the City University of New York released a paper titled: The ‘Mommy Tax’ and ‘Daddy Bonus’ Parenthood and Income in New York City 1990 – 2010. The paper included a considerable number of tables on incomes for men and woman both with and […]

Posted by Larry on October 21st, 2014 | Comments Off on “Daddy Bonus” & “Mommy Tax” – or the value of having children Posted in How to Lie with Statisics, Statistical Literacy, Telling the Full Story, The Media

Costs – child care vs college

I spotted the graphic at the right in the Washington Post last week. My first thought was that this was two dimensional data being shown in a one dimensional graphic. The differences shown are the product a very separate economic factors. Day care costs are very likely linked to local cost of living factors and […]

Posted by Larry on April 13th, 2014 | Comments Off on Costs – child care vs college Posted in Methodolgy Issues, Telling the Full Story

Addressing income inequality – Charles Lane style

When a solution to a problem is proposed it is usually good practice to ask the simple question “What will doing this action accomplish?” Sometimes the answer is “nothing.” This past week an editorial appeared in the Washington Post by Charles Lane on the subject of income inequality. The auspicious title was “Fixing one driver […]

Posted by Larry on March 30th, 2014 | Comments Off on Addressing income inequality – Charles Lane style Posted in Small Differences, Telling the Full Story, Where's the Data?
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