Income inequality study proposed for Pennsylvania

Posted 8/21/12

HARRISBURG, PA — State Reps. Peter Schweyer and Mike Schlossberg have introduced a resolution that would examine the imbalance of income and the factors that contribute to it in …

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Income inequality study proposed for Pennsylvania

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HARRISBURG, PA — State Reps. Peter Schweyer and Mike Schlossberg have introduced a resolution that would examine the imbalance of income and the factors that contribute to it in Pennsylvania.

House Resolution 326 would direct the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on income inequality in the commonwealth. The study would include factors that have contributed to the increase in income inequality over the last several decades, gender differences in education levels and occupations and how they contribute to the gender wage gap, comparing wages for working minorities and working non-minorities with the same level of education, comparing wages for minority women and non-minority women with the same level of education, and comparing wages for men and women in female-dominated, gender-balanced and male-dominated occupations.

“We can only begin fixing a problem by fully understanding it,” Schweyer said. “There have been concerns over the issue from business, community and economic leaders and faith-based communities in my district, so we really need to get our arms around it.”

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