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These tables are lists of social welfare spending as a percentage of GDP compiled by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") into the OECD Social Expenditure Database which "includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level." [1]
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a U.S. government agency that provides statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the public health of the American people. It is a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System .
Income statistics cover too narrow a time span for it to be an adequate indicator of financial inequality. For example, the Gini coefficient for wealth inequality increased from 0.80 in 1983 to 0.84 in 1989. In the same year, 1989, the Gini coefficient for income was only 0.52. [54]
CHART #1: SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF LEADING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATESÕ HEALTH PLANS By Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., Jessica B. Rubin, Michelle E. Treseler, Jefferson Lin, and David Mattos* Hillary Clinton John Edwards Barack Obama Stated Goals for Coverage ! Provide affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans11! Decrease costs, promote ...
In mainstream economics, economic surplus, also known as total welfare or total social welfare or Marshallian surplus (after Alfred Marshall), is either of two related quantities: Consumer surplus , or consumers' surplus , is the monetary gain obtained by consumers because they are able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the ...
Wages for people remaining in their jobs increased 4.8% year-on-year, the first rise in 25 months, after gaining 4.7% in October. Annual pay for workers changing jobs climbed 7.2% after rising 6.7 ...
Lululemon Athletica added 8.2% after the sportswear maker increased its full-year forecasts, betting on resilient demand for its athletic wear in the U.S. during the holiday shopping season and ...
The 66-year-old, who has enjoyed success as a solo artist and one half of brother-sister duo Donny & Marie, is currently hosting his first-ever solo residency at the Harrah’s Showroom in Las ...