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Full-Text Articles in Income Distribution
Declining Economic Opportunity And A Shrinking Safety Net: Consequences For Maine, Ryan M. Larochelle
Declining Economic Opportunity And A Shrinking Safety Net: Consequences For Maine, Ryan M. Larochelle
Maine Policy Review
Ryan LaRochelle discusses the consequences of declining economic opportunity and a shrinking social safety net for Maine. LaRochelle recommends that policymakers in Augusta recognize how precarious many Mainers’ economic situations are and take action.
Universal Basic Income Roundtable, Daniel S. Soucier, Michael W. Howard, Dave Canarie, Philip Harvey, Georg Arndt, Karl Widerquist, Luisa S. Deprez, Almaz Zelleke
Universal Basic Income Roundtable, Daniel S. Soucier, Michael W. Howard, Dave Canarie, Philip Harvey, Georg Arndt, Karl Widerquist, Luisa S. Deprez, Almaz Zelleke
Maine Policy Perspectives
The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center invited local, regional, and international experts on universal basic income (UBI) to participate in a new feature: Maine Policy Perspectives. In total, the perspectives of seven individuals are included in this roundtable regarding UBI.
How Well Is Maine Doing? Comparing Well-Being Across Maine Counties, Angela Daley, Andrew Crawley, Muntasir Rahman, Jake Demosthenes, Erin Lyons
How Well Is Maine Doing? Comparing Well-Being Across Maine Counties, Angela Daley, Andrew Crawley, Muntasir Rahman, Jake Demosthenes, Erin Lyons
Maine Policy Review
Maine has experienced major challenges over the last decade including recession, stagnant recovery, and industrial and population decline. But by some measures, Maine is still seen as one of the best in the United States for well-being. In this paper, we critique the notion of what well-being is and how it is measured. Based on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Better Life Initiative, we then propose and construct an index to compare well-being across Maine counties. Our work gives new insights on the types of challenges counties are facing and provides policymakers a new way of empirically understanding …
B742: Improving The Incomes Of Small Farm Families In Coastal Maine, Homer B. Metzger, Nicholas E. Flanders
B742: Improving The Incomes Of Small Farm Families In Coastal Maine, Homer B. Metzger, Nicholas E. Flanders
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Two basic objectives were formulated for this study: 1) To determine the physical, human and financial resources, as well as the source of income from farm and non-farm outlets available to small farm families living in coastal Maine; and, 2) To develop optimal organizations of existing small farm and family labor resources in order to maximize the incomes of these farm families.