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Inequalities in Household Income, FRED, Models of the Aggregate market, start of chapter 6


Lecture number:
4
Pages:
7
Type:
Lecture Note
School:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Course:
Econ 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics
Edition:
1
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Econ 102 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Review from Last Lecture II Chapter 5 Definitions III What we can do with GDP Data IV 5 5 FLUCTUATIONS IN GDP V 5 6 GDP AS A MEASURE OF WELFARE Outline of Current Lecture I Inequality in Household income II Federal Reserve Economic Database aka FRED Start of Chapter 6 III A hint of things to come Models of the Aggregate labor market Current Lecture I Inequality in Household income a from Gwen Eudey s Lecture slides These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute b Reasons for the Spread i Those in the upper end of the income distribution have DUAL income 1 aka more than one person in the household working a 3 4 of households in top 5 b living together married college educated c Women are now working too and doing well i makeup of the household has changed over the years ii The lower end of the distribution usually only has one income 1 single parents or recent college graduates iii Top quintile practically 100 are college educated 1 upper end 300 000 a a married couple both mid career engineers 150 000 salaries but not necessarily exceptional engineers iv The range between high and low end was not always this big 1 The top 20 are doing much better than the rest of the economy 2 Top 5 doing significantly better than the rest II Federal Reserve Economic Database aka FRED Start of Chapter 6 a http research stlouisfed org fred2 b Recession bars The gray bars are where GDP is falling i Unemployment rises during these bars recessions ii It took 5 years to recover from the Great Depression iii Where is the increase in GDP coming from 1 Technology a EX Lady working 40 hours a week in BLC doing everything by hand i Lady retires and Gwen says why don t we put all the paperwork online ii Position isn t fired terminated her job is just minimized to a 15 hours a week efficient iv Employment data comes from monthly


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