Episode
Mark Warshawsky on Compensation, Health Care Costs, and Inequality
EconTalk · Jan 2, 2017 · 1 h 07 min
Economist and author Mark Warshawsky of George Mason Univerity's Mercatus Center talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his work on the role health care benefits play in measuring inequality. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Warshawsky shows that because health care benefits are a larger share of compensation for lower-paid than higher-paid workers, measures of inequality and…