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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3624234
A family wage is a wage that is sufficient to raise a family. This contrasts with a living wage, which is generally taken to mean a wage sufficient for a single individual to live on, but not necessarily sufficient to also support a family. As a stronger form of living wage, a family wage is likewise advocated by proponents of social justice. Family wage campaign was aiming to maintain the traditional family structure, as a concept connecting economics and family structure it is one of the examples of how economic structure of family, which is a subject of the field family economics, affects overall economy beyond the family.
The term “family wage jobs” has occasional contemporary use in American political rhetoric and is most associated with Catholic intellectuals, in the Catholic social teaching tradition
The debate about “living wages” vs. minimum wages ignores structuring jobs for the needs of the family and (traditionally male) breadwinners
If someone asks how to calculate a living wage or a family wage, tell them to ask the Army. They have all kinds of formulas for determining how much you get paid based on your family situation.
BAS and BAH don’t always line up with actual costs. In fact, around bases, landlords will often set rent to exactly what the military pays for BAH, which is usually a bit higher than average rent that isn’t exactly BAH.