13. Income Disparity
Links
Benchmark 13b Analysis - 2004 Data
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/docs/OldBenchmarks/2009/bm13b_asof1-24-09.pdf
This is the benchmark analysis of the 2004 data from CFED. The benchmark was revised in December 2008 to measure the total income disparity (national rank) rather than the average income disparity (national rank). The new data source is the US Census Bureau.
Benchmark Analysis - 2004 Data
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/docs/OldBenchmarks/2009/bm13a_asof1-24-09.pdf
This is the benchmark analysis of the 2004 data from CFED. The benchmark was revised in December 2008 to measure the total income disparity ratio rather than the average income disparity ratio. The new data source is the US Census Bureau.
Economic Mobility: Is The American Dream Alive and Well?
http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/EMP%20American%20Dream%20Report.pdf
May 2007 report co-written by John E. Morton, managing director of Pew’s Economic Policy Initiatives and director of the Economic Mobility Project and Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Principal of the Economic Mobility Project. It includes analysis led by a research team at Brookings and outlines what economic mobility is, why it matters in today’s economy, and why it is important for policy makers to focus on mobility as part of the ongoing national economic debate.
Working In Oregon
http://www.qualityinfo.org/pubs/working/working_in_oregon.pdf
Oregon Employment Department report on Oregon's economy and working conditions for 2008 and beyond