Sentences with phrase «account per capita income»

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Far from an economic powerhouse, China's economy remains a middleweight when its vast number of poor people is taken into account — the country's per capita GDP is only around US$ 4,500, 1 / 10th that of the U.S. And as a share of the economy, household incomes have actually declined over the past decade.

However, even with adjustments to account for these shortcomings, productivity still contributes to a significant portion of the gap in income per capita with the United States.

to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website

Schmidt and his colleagues do take a brief and superficial detour to see if their results change when they adjust the data to account for a nation's per - capita income (they did not change).

According to the National Research Council (2011), U.S. advances in science and technology account for «more than half of the tremendous growth to per capita income in the 20th century.»

[11] The Education Finance Incentive Grants also take into account the amount of state revenue dedicated to education relative to per capita income, as well as per - pupil spending and the percentage of students in poverty.

[vii] An increase in the number of payday lending locations in a particular county is associated with an 11 percent increase of involuntary bank account closures, even after accounting for county per capita income, poverty rate, educational attainment, and a host of other variables.

When weather - related damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in the frequency or severity of extreme weather related to global climate change.

As noted previously on this blog, when hurricane damages are adjusted («normalized») to account for changes in population, per capita income, and the consumer price index, there is no long - term trend such as might indicate an increase in hurricane frequency or power related to global climate change.

In 1999, the West accounted for four of the five states with the fastest growth in per capita income.