Raise Effect | Hacking Oregon's Minimum Wage

Demo of Raise Effect for Hack Oregon 2015 Demo Night (10/26).

Raise Effect is a website that helps illustrate life for minimum wage households in Oregon and how those households might be impacted by a raise in the minimum wage.

Transcript

1. RAiSE EffECT
2. 9.25
3. Minimum Wage 1. Washington - $9.47 2. Oregon - $9.25 . . . Federal - $7.25
4. Minimum Wage 1. District of Columbia - $10.50 2. Washington - $9.47 3. Oregon - $9.25 . . . Federal - $7.25
5. $ 9.25 / hour $ 74.00 / day $ 370.00 / week $ 1,628.00 / month $ 19,536.00 / year
6. $19,536
7. Self-Sufficiency Standard
8. • produced by the Center for Women’s Welfare at the University of Washington • The 2014 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Oregon is the third calculation of this data. The Standard for Oregon has been previously published in 2008 and 2011. 
 • the Self-Sufficiency Standard (SSS) has been calculated in 36 other states (+ the District of Columbia and NYC), over the past 18 years. • available online: • www.selfsufficiencystandard.org • and www.worksystems.org 2014 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Oregon
9. Self-Sufficiency = how much income families of various sizes and compositions need to make ends meet — without public or private assistance.
10. A measure of income adequacy that is based on the costs of the basic needs for working families: • housing • child care • food • health care • transportation • miscellaneous items • the cost of taxes and the impact of tax credits
11. Cost Included Not Included Rent rent, utilities cable, phone Child Care Full-time care for infants and preschoolers, and before and after school care for school-age children After school programs for teenagers, extracurricular activities, babysitting when not at work Food Food for home preparation take-out, fast-food, or restaurant meals or drinks Transportation Car ownership cost (per adult)— insurance, gas, oil, registration, repairs, monthly payments —or public transportation when adequate. Non-essential travel, vacations, etc. Health Care Employer-sponsored insurance premium and out-of-pocket costs Health savings account, gym memberships, individual health insurance Taxes Federal and state income tax and tax credits, payroll taxes, and state and local sales taxes Itemized deductions, tax preparation fees or other taxes (property taxes are included in housing costs and gasoline taxes in transportation) Miscellaneous Clothing, shoes, paper products, diapers, nonprescription medicines, cleaning products, household items, personal items, and telephone service Recreation, entertainment, savings, emergencies, debt repayment, pets, education/training, gifts, broadband/ internet, student loan repayment
12. county-specific information for 152 family types
13. The Data
14. 2013 Census data
 2014 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Oregon
15. Census Data
16. Self-Sufficiency Standard Data - gender and marital status is ignored - 152 family types… for example: - 1 adult, 2 infants, 0 toddlers, 0 preschoolers - 1 adult, 1 infant, 1 toddler, 0 preschoolers - 1 adult, 1 infant, 0 toddlers, 1 preschooler - 1 adult, 0 infants, 2 toddler, 0 preschoolers - 1 adult, 0 infants, 1 toddler, 1 preschooler - 1 adult, 0 infants, 0 toddlers, 2 preschoolers
17. We focused on three main family types: single adult single parent two children two parents two children
18. The API
19. Check it out: github.com/Jobs-Economy/backend
20. Visualizing the Data
21. What happens as you raise the minimum wage?
22. What happens as you raise the minimum wage at the county level?
23. What happens for different households as you raise the minimum wage?
24. What is the relationship between self-sufficiency and the Federal Poverty Line and the Median Wage?
25. What does a self-sufficient budget look like?
26. Demo
27. raiseeffect.org
28. Join Us! github.com/Jobs-Economy/raise-effect
29. Thank you!