Houellie, for you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifactor_productivity

The household income is based on total income divided by number of households I guess. It wouldn't be too hard to calculate, with some fudge factors around the black economy and income-shifting.

While I agree with you about the choice of metrics, MFP is what we've got. We're now stuck with a social model of "woman as worker" instead of "woman as mother/homemaker/social networker" and the result is measured by the MFP. The thing is that paying women to do the things they'd have done anyway has proven not to be very productive...

The solution offered by Goldman Sachs is to convince women that they really want to do the work that men do.

Great.

Well good subject, had intended some thing like it.
It however has many heads, we could talk about that many different aspects of it.
Not easy with the extremely uninformed commentator trying to, well two of them,blame every thing on this government.
Lets look first at crime figures, and target those responsible.
US! we let intrusions like not my child! he/she is only a kid rule in courts.
Strutting around in clown suits wigs, and ribbons, our judges are so remote, even from police, some crime is free.
Gee hear the howling now! yet the PC Monster is worthless kids will tell you,nothing happens till after your third offense.
And white collar crime, less time in prison than a car thief.
At least we measure productivity now and act, only some times on it.
A fact, the cost of imprisonment has hidden impacts on why some never see the inside of one.
Governments contract even them out, build more use them and watch productivity in that area grow and crime fall.

The following website may be of interest:

http://www.gs.com.au/documents/About/MediaRoom/2009/Gender_Research_Report_2009.pdf

This is much more interesting

http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-finds-working-at-work-improves-productivity%2c2318/

And this

http://www.theonion.com/articles/layoffs-are-necessary-if-we-want-to-keep-the-light,26250/

I'm also thinking of laying off my cat because it is unproductive. My 3 year old is getting nervous. If not she should be.

http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-are-reality-shows-setting-unrealistic,14308/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/apple-user-acting-like-his-dad-just-died,26270/

597, why don't you simply answer the question. What is you definition of a liiveable wage?

It's hard to respond unless you set the boundaries.