Kate Spade New York

The case of Kate Spade is a good illustration of a company that has sought to create human capital in the form of women’s economic empowerment in an employee-owned social enterprise in Rwanda. The purpose of the company is to produce high-quality, high-end products for the global fashion industry by investment in training and skills that empowers women to promote positive change in their communities. The lowest artisan salary in the business is higher than the median salary in the private sector in Rwanda and the company generated a positive net income in 2017.

Directions of wage optimization in construction

The article analyses the method proposed by the Government of the Russian Federation for adjusting the principle of determining the minimum subsistence level, based on the median salary. The article shows the result of the analysis of changes in wages in construction when calculating, using the median salary in relation to the “absolute” principle of calculating the minimum subsistence level, the calculation of the size of the minimum subsistence level in Russia as a whole, and on the territory of the Irkutsk region is analysed. It is shown that the transition to the calculation of the median salary in the Irkutsk region will decrease the subsistence level in relation to the existing one. Based on our analysis, the conclusion is made that in order to calculate the minimum subsistence level for medial salary, it is necessary to revise the calculation methodology.

Development of the sectoral system of remuneration of medical workers of state healthcare institutions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

The article analyses the Development of a sectoral system of remuneration of medical workers of state healthcare institutions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. It was determined, the PM differentiation, as well as the differentiation of the cost of a fixed set of consumer goods and services, is too low for use in the OSS, while the value of the coefficient of variation for the median wage is much higher, and at the same time, if this indicator is used in the OSS, with a significant decrease in the differentiation between the most the richest and poorest budgets will not experience the problems. Thus, the most appropriate indicator, taking into account the existing resources of the federal budget, for use in order to take into account the economic differentiation of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation is the median salary of employees of organizations.

Note on 1993 Salaries of Major League Baseball Players

The title of Chass's 1993 article gives the spurious impression that all Major League baseball players earned at least $1,000,000 during the 1993 season. More importantly, the distribution of salaries for that season is positively skewed to a nonmoderate degree The median salary, $481,250, therefore, is a better representation of the “typical” salary of a Major Leaguer in 1993 than the mean, $1,116,946, used by Chass. A discussion of an aspect of 1993 salaries of Major Leaguers is offered using the median rather than the mean as focal point.

Economists in the United States

Economists fare better than most scientists, with a median salary of $11,000 (and who knows how much on the side?), reports Dr. Hopper from the National Register. That research managers among them do better is also significant. Forty-two percent work in universities.