Therefore, in addition, we gathered data from the U.S. Census, which
measures changes in income and the percentages of the population with various levels of education.
Not exact matches
Ideally, we would look at a comprehensive
measure of
income that covers a long time span, allows us to compare before - and after - tax
income at different points
in the
income distribution, and accounts for
changes in the size and composition of households.
On this
measure the number of middle -
income earners
in Africa barely
changed in the decade to 2011.
Duration represents a
measure of the sensitivity of the price (the value of principal) of a fixed -
income investment to a
change in interest rates.
«We believe that adjusted EBITDA is an important
measure of our operating performance because it allows management, investors and analysts to evaluate and assess our core operating results after removing the impact of
changes in our capital structure,
income - tax status and method of vehicle financing, and other items of a nonoperational nature that affect comparability,» Zipcar said
in its most recent filing.
They sharply
changed their package on
income - splitting,» said Mr. Kesselman about a
measure the Tories announced
in October which provides a non-refundable credit of up to $ 2,000 for couples with children under 18.
The Importance of
Measuring Returns Peak - to - Peak Stock returns equal
income, plus growth
in fundamentals, plus
changes in valuation By John P. Hussman, Ph.D..
Duration is a
measure of the sensitivity of the price (the value of principal) of a fixed -
income investment to a
change in interest rates.
National policies should be created to incentivize producers to
change the way they manage their farming systems and adopt natural water retention
measures used
in organic agriculture such as green cover and intercropping as well as diversifying farmers» crop and
income base so they have something to fall back on when drought strikes.
On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located
in low -
income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be
measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential
changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.
While
income inequality as
measured by the
change in minimum wage relative to the
change in national
income improved (by 1.8 %) during the 2001 to 2008 period, it has seen a major decline since 2008, with the worst decline -LRB--5 %) occurring during John Mahama's tenure as President.
Topics
in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed
income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided
in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and
measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be
changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space
in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant
in Union Square, a tax break included
in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.
He defended the
changes by saying: «Due to a lack of adequate measurement, it has been possible to ignore the true level of poverty — not just
measured by a calculation of relative
income, where you are considered to be
in poverty if your
income is below 60 per cent of median
income.
economic development Policies aimed at improving the lives of people through
changes in their
income and quality of life (as
measured by improvements
in their health, safety, education and more).
While the association between poverty and slower development is well known, the study, «
Change in Family
Income - to - Needs Matters More for Children with Less,» published
in the November / December issue of Child Development, is the first to examine
changes in economic resources within families as opposed to
measuring the difference between families.
Changes to family
income eligibility — The
measure drawing the most media attention calls for raising the family
income eligibility limits for the statewide private voucher program from 185 percent of the federal poverty level to 220 percent, beginning
in the 2018 - 19 school year.
Elements of S.B. 2, such as the shift
in measuring local ability to pay equally between property wealth and
income wealth as well as
changes in student need factors, could be adopted as the beginning of a transitional financing system while the adequacy cost study is being performed.
There is also a corresponding
measure, «
income elasticity of demand»,
measuring the sensitivity of demand to
changes in the level of
income.
This
measure is not insensitive to the level of
income being considered — a 10 % increase
in the price of books will have more impact (%
change in expenditures on books) on me than it will on Donald Trump, despite the fact that books are a line - item
in our family budget, ranked behind food and shelter, but before clothing.
Duration is a
measure of the sensitivity of the price — the value of principal — of a fixed -
income investment to a
change in interest rates.
Unlike a variable -
income security, where payments
change based on some underlying
measure such as short - term interest rates, the payments of a fixed -
income security are known
in advance.
An
income measure that understates economic
income overstates effective tax rates and the burden of tax policy
changes,
measured either as the
change in ETR or the percentage
change in after - tax
income.
Our preferred
measure of the distributional impact of the tax cut is the percentage
change in after - tax
income.
The Importance of
Measuring Returns Peak - to - Peak Stock returns equal
income, plus growth
in fundamentals, plus
changes in valuation By John P. Hussman, Ph.D..
The score factors
in such
measures as the
changes in commute times,
income, house prices, crime rates, building permits and more.
Alternatively, the impact of a
change in prevailing rates may be
measured in terms of the
change in the interest
income and expense for assets and liabilities.
What contributes to that is the
change in incoming energy
measured by SORCE — relatively minor at the surface but negative last decade at least
in the Argo period.
«Radiative forcing is a
measure of the influence a factor has
in altering the balance of
incoming and outgoing energy
in the Earth - atmosphere system and is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate
change mechanism.
In short: It's not fair to count an organization's entire spending (much less its entire
income) when
measuring the size of its effort on the climate
change issue.
The Rudd government estimates the budget impact of the
change to an ETS to be $ 3.8 billion
in lost
income and have outlined
measures they say will save $ 3.9 billion
in order to pay for it.
Measures to reduce the heating and cooling needs of the passengers, for example by changing window glass to reflect incoming solar radiation, are included in the group of m
Measures to reduce the heating and cooling needs of the passengers, for example by
changing window glass to reflect
incoming solar radiation, are included
in the group of
measuresmeasures.
«Effect» is here defined
in terms of radiative forcing (RF), which is (loosely) the
change in the amount of
incoming (to Earth) versus outgoing (to space) radiation / energy,
measured in watts per square metre (w / m2).
ICE (08:13:38): made a good point, if there is such effect it should work
in the opposite direction as well, i.e.
change the
incoming TSI
in same proportion, which should produce large oscillations as
measured at the ground level, but there is no sign of that.
«The CRA normally requires employers to withhold and remit
income taxes
in line with current rates, but because of the complexities and timing of the Ontario budget
measures, it is recognized that these
income tax
changes will be implemented on a best - effort basis where practical,
in full appreciation of the different payroll systems and administrative capacities of employers.
The ATJ Tech Fellow will review and test Upsolve's automated document assembly tool
in order to develop prioritized recommendations for
changes and updates; conduct user interviews and user testing
in order to identify how Upsolve can better assist legal aid / pro bono attorneys do their jobs more efficiently and effectively; and develop and implement tests to
measure the usability and utility of the software for low -
income users.
Changes to other
measures, such as
income management, the acquisition of land, the development of community development partnership agreements and community development plans also need to be made, but may require an intermediate period to transition from the present scheme to alternative arrangements as identified by the Board
in its recommendations
in chapter 3.
Father involvement increased for current couples group participants, though not as much as for benchmark couples group participants; they showed statistically similar positive
changes on 6
measures (decline
in parenting stress, stability
in couple relationship satisfaction, children's hyperactivity, social withdrawal, psychological symptoms, increased
income).
A major problem for the evaluation was the lack of a comparison group, or baseline data, to
measure what would have happened
in the absence of
income management... the overall evidence about the effectiveness of
income management
in isolation from other NTER
measures was difficult to assess... The evaluation findings would have greater strength if these views were supplemented by empirical indicators that showed evidence of the
changes reported by the various stakeholders.
NAR reviewed data on homeownership rates1,
changes in single - family median home prices and a
measure of inequality (the Gini Index) between 2010 and 2013 to estimate wealth and
income inequality
in 100 of the largest metropolitan statistical areas2 across the U.S.
The most important one is that it ignores potential
changes in net operating
income and property value
in the years subsequent to the year that this
measure is calculated.
Household growth, which is
measured as the
change in the number of an area's number of households from one period to the other, triggers increases
in total market demand for both owner - occupied and rental housing depending on the age and
income characteristics of new households.