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The gov could have made the same fiscal savings by lowering men's wages down to women's rates. My piece imagines how an Apolitical Economic Analyst would respond to that idea

Context:
From 2020, NZ's pay equity law allowed women in female-dominated jobs to bring pay equity claims by comparing their work to male-dominated occupations.
www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/o...

This year, the NZ gov repealed those provisions without consultation, claiming it was a fiscal necessary.

Reminds me of @siouxsiew.bsky.social’s brilliant TedX on bioluminescence and future of the fight against infectious disease 🦠 🔦 youtu.be/TzuPDBOKPYQ?...

I see. I also see a general, growing imbalance between the public funds going to actual science, and those going to university administration, despite the
posturing against bureaucratic bloat.

One problem is the admin overheads are real. About 4, quite senior, administrators had to be involved in a grant application for NZ$50k! And one question is why didn’t DOGE or ACT go for the administrators vs. the grant funded junior scientists, who are comparatively outstanding value for money?

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I’m thinking also something like BMI (the main non self-report measure) is hard to shift in short term through a small injection of cash. Esp in a trail when transfers not widespread enough to change local supply, e.g. of nutritious food (supply response was crucial in the LatAm UTCs and CCTs)

Yes, I think they found a small, lime 5% incr on child spending. But also have to look at transfers as % of income, probably not much more.