EXPERIMENTAL POVERTY MEASURES: 1999... P60-216... U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE... ISSUED OCTOBER 2001
Author :
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 2002
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Business Statistics of the United States 2009
Author : Cornelia J. Strawser
Publisher : Bernan Press
Page : 687 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1598883348
Book Description
Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change is a comprehensive and practical collection of data that reflects the nation's economic performance since 1929. It provides 80 years of annual data in regional, demographic, and industrial detail for key indicators such as:
Business Statistics of the United States
Author : Cornelia J. Strawser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1598881825
Book Description
Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data relevant to the nation's economic performance since World War II. It provides up to 77 years of annual data in regional, demographic, and industrial detail for key indicators such as gross domestic product, personal income, spending, saving, employment, unemployment, the capital stock, and more. This publication far surpasses the Economic Report of the President in providing historical data and valuable information about definitions, sources, methods, and current statistical controversies that are essential for understanding and comparing economic measures. This updated edition includes New data from Bureau of Economic Analysis on business rates of return and "Q-ratio", Consumer price index for consumers 62 years of age and older, New Federal Reserve current data on real interest rates and interest rate "swaps", Price index for resales of existing homes as well as resales and refinancings combined, Analysis of the upcoming switch in the definition of hourly earnings in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly survey.
Measuring Poverty
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 22,36 MB
Release : 1995-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309051282
Book Description
Each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change. In Measuring Poverty a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of: Concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances. Definitions of family resources. Procedures for annual updates of poverty measures. The volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits. In supporting its recommendations the panel provides insightful recognition of the political and social dimensions of this key economic indicator. Measuring Poverty will be important to government officials, policy analysts, statisticians, economists, researchers, and others involved in virtually all poverty and social welfare issues.
A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309483980
Book Description
The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.
$2.00 a Day
Author : Kathryn Edin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0544303180
Book Description
The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists--from a leading national poverty expert who "defies convention" (New York Times)
In Our Hands
Author : Charles Murray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442260726
Book Description
Imagine that the United States were to scrap all its income transfer programs—including Social Security, Medicare, and all forms of welfare—and give every American age twenty-one and older $10,000 a year for life.This is the Plan, a radical new approach to social policy that defies any partisan label. First laid out by Charles Murray a decade ago, the updated edition reflects economic developments since that time. Murray, who previous books include Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, demonstrates that the Plan is financially feasible and the uses detailed analysis to argue that many goals of the welfare state—elimination of poverty, comfortable retirement for everyone, universal access to healthcare—would be better served under the Plan than under the current system. Murray’s goal, shared by Left and Right, is a society in which everyone, including the unluckiest among us, has the opportunity and means to construct a satisfying life. In Our Hands offers a rich and startling new way to think about how that goal might be achieved.
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States
Author : US Global Change Research Program
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 28,9 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1510726217
Book Description
As global climate change proliferates, so too do the health risks associated with the changing world around us. Called for in the President’s Climate Action Plan and put together by experts from eight different Federal agencies, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health: A Scientific Assessment is a comprehensive report on these evolving health risks, including: Temperature-related death and illness Air quality deterioration Impacts of extreme events on human health Vector-borne diseases Climate impacts on water-related Illness Food safety, nutrition, and distribution Mental health and well-being This report summarizes scientific data in a concise and accessible fashion for the general public, providing executive summaries, key takeaways, and full-color diagrams and charts. Learn what health risks face you and your family as a result of global climate change and start preparing now with The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health.
America's Children
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Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Children
ISBN :
Book Description
A Safety Net That Works
Author : Robert Doar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0844750069
Book Description
This is an edited volume reviewing the major means-tested social programs in the United States. Each author addresses a major program or area, reviewing each area’s successes and recommending how to address shortcomings through policy change. In general, our means-tested programs do many things well, but some adjustments to each could make the system much more effective. This book provides policymakers with a broad overview of the issues at hand in each program and how to address them.
