Sentences with phrase «percent in the public sector»

When 4th graders themselves were asked how often a language other than English was spoken at home, 18 percent in the public sector replied «all or most of the time» as did 12 percent in the private sector.

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«As a nation, we have been under - investing in infrastructure for the last two decades,» Mills said, adding that investment in the public sector has dropped to 3.6 percent of U.S. output, compared to 5 percent after World War II.

The cap was introduced by former prime minister David Cameron in 2010 and has resulted in public sector pay being frozen at one percent rises for the last seven years.

RC: If you look at business - to - business and enterprise — especially software as a service — people have gotten very bullish about the sector, and it has retreated about 30 percent in the public markets over the last four to five months.

In short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector fundIn short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector fundin a separate investment pool from public sector funds.

Under the Canada Economic Action Plan the deficit will be eliminated by 2015 - 16; although total net public debt will have increased by $ 150 billion, the debt ratio will have declined to 33.0 per cent in 2015 - 16 and reach the government's target of 25 percent by 2019 - 20; program spending will fall to below 13 percent of GDP and will continue to fall thereafter; public sector jobs have been eliminated; and income and corporate taxes have been cut.

Puerto Rico's total public sector debt adds up to 104 percent of GDP and it's multiples of the roughly $ 20 billion involved in Detroit's restructuring, for example.

The statistics office also said that the public sector, which includes the federal government, regional states, municipalities and social funds, posted a record budget surplus of 38.4 billion euros, or 1.2 percent of GDP, in 2017.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

Total credit to the private sector and public institutions recorded a growth of 16.8 percent in September 2017, of which the private sector accounted for 87.9 percent.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew opened the Nov. 9 Delegate Assembly with some good news: in Ohio the previous day, voters turned back by a 61 - 39 percent margin an attempt to prevent public - sector workers from being able to bargain collectively.

The NCREDC's annual progress report revealed while public sector jobs in the North Country have shrunk by 4 percent since 2010, private sector sector jobs have only increased by 1 percent.

Cuomo's prescriptions in his 2016 State of the State speech included closing a legal loophole that lets campaign donors funnel unlimited sums to candidates through limited - liability companies; requiring office holders to report campaign contributions every 60 days instead of twice a year; allowing lawmakers to earn no more than 15 percent of their legislative salaries in private - sector work; and adopting a system of voluntary public campaign financing similar to what New York City has.

The number of retired public sector workers in New York collecting six - figure pensions is closing in on 4,000, with an 18 percent increase over the year before, according to a recent survey by The Empire Center.

Glaser says health - care benefits are «out of alignment» with private sector, as well as other states and federal benefits, and noted that there had been 14 percent increase in pay for public employees over the years.

So we will raise tax at the very top,, cut costs, have realistic public sector pay settlements, make savings we know we can and in 2011 raise National Insurance by half a percent and that will ensure that each and every year we protect and improve Britain's frontline services.

But these very same policies came at a political cost to Cuomo within his own party, angering public sector labor unions and progressives who labeled him «Governor One Percent» and protested him during the 2011 Occupy demonstrations in New York City and Albany.

Nearly three quarters, or 74 percent, of low - income private sector workers in New York City don't have access to a retirement savings plan, Public Advocate Letitia James said Thursday.

Cuomo pledged a child care tax credit, tuition - free public college for about 80 percent of New York households, more jobs through investment in the private sector and public - private partnership, support for the homeless and funding for affordable housing, all while New York will be vigilant, he said, protecting and promoting the state's progressive social bonafides.

The number of retired public sector workers in New York collecting six - figure pensions is closing in on 4,000, with an 18 percent increase over the year before, according to a recent survey by a fiscal watchdog group.

Public and private sector investment in R&D hovers around 2 percent of GDP.

Former Vice President Al Gore's vision, for example, of creating 100 percent carbon - neutral electrical power in the next decade might be one such challenge — and something Gore specifically likened to a «moon shot» — requiring commitments, coordination and funding at every level of the public and private sectors.

The authors estimate that even a 5 percent decline in MMR vaccine coverage in the U.S. would result in an estimated three-fold increase in national measles cases in children ages 2 to 11, for a total of 150 cases and an additional $ 2.1 million in public sector costs.

These data indicate that about 95 percent of union workers have access to employer - provided medical insurance in both the public and private sectors, and their participation rate is essentially the same in both sectors (78 to 79 percent).

We find that insurance costs for teachers are 26 percent higher than they are for private - sector professionals, and this is partly explained by greater unionization in the public sector.

As the number of students entering charters has grown steadily year by year, comprising in 2012 approximately 4.2 percent of public school students nationwide, the case for rethinking the capital requirements of the charter sector has become overwhelming.

A 2005 study by the Rhode Island Education Partnership, for example, found that public school districts in that state uniformly allowed employees to select their own health carrier and plan design and that 73 percent of districts offered no - cost health benefits for retirees; not one of the private - sector firms in the state the study examined offered these perks.

The unionization rate is higher for the public sector than for the private sector (50 percent vs. 14 percent in the EBS data), suggesting that unionization explains some portion of each of these patterns (see Figure 3).

Fifty - two percent of city charter school students were in 90 - 100 % minority schools, compared to only 34 % of traditional public school students — a difference of eighteen percentage points, very similar to the overall difference of twenty percentage points between the two sectors of schools (Table 22 on p. 63 of our report).

In the most recent quarter for which data are reported, ending September 2008, the employer contribution rate for public K — 12 teachers (14.6 percent) was 4.2 points higher than that for private - sector professionals (10.4 percent).

A private - sector worker would need to save roughly 32 percent of his salary in a 401 (k) to match the guaranteed benefits paid to the average teacher in a public - sector DB plan.

[xix] A comparison of NPSAS: 2012 and NPSAS: 2004 graduate enrollment estimates (produced via NCES Quick Stats) shows that graduate enrollments nearly quadrupled in the for - profit sector (from 105,000 to 388,000) while increasing by only 18 percent in the public and private non-profit sectors combined (from 2.3 million to 2.7 million).

They show that most public parents, 52 percent, would be interested in going private if money were not a problem, compared with 43 percent who say they would stay in the public sector.

But according to U.S. News & World Report, each year more than 10 percent of graduates from the top 20 law schools (or more than 700 new lawyers) take jobs in the public sector that offer a median salary of $ 52,000.

The public sector pays teachers who hold master's degrees about 25 percent more; in charter schools, they are paid about 20 percent more.

Both Detroit's charter and traditional public - school sectors serve predominantly African American families (roughly 85 percent) with limited economic resources (in charters, 84.5 percent qualify for free or reduced - price lunch versus 81.6 percent in district schools).

Thirty - seven percent of the students for whom we observe test - score gains at least once in both sectors attended a traditional public school after they were in a charter school, while the same is true of only 30 percent of all students in charter schools.

In Delaware, the public sector is much more selective and enrolls a much lower share of in - state students (36 percent, compared to 69 percent in the private sectorIn Delaware, the public sector is much more selective and enrolls a much lower share of in - state students (36 percent, compared to 69 percent in the private sectorin - state students (36 percent, compared to 69 percent in the private sectorin the private sector).

A Wall Street Journal / NBC poll discovered that while Americans want public employees to pay more for retirement benefits and health care, 77 percent said unionized state and municipal employees should have the same rights as union members who work in the private sector.

Florida has the third - largest charter sector in the nation, with more than 650 schools serving almost 300,000 students — over 10 percent of the state's public - school population (see Figure 2).

The 14.6 percent estimate is based on the identification by public schools of the need for special services for those students who attended school in both sectors, while parental reports peg the rate at 11 percent, and the combination of MPCP and MPS school personnel suggest it is 7.5 percent.

Based on this indicator, 69 percent of 4th graders in public schools had parents with a college education, compared to 85 percent of those in the private school sector.

Also, the percentage of students in the public sector who were Hispanic was 19 percent, while it was 9 percent in the private sector.

While the N.C. Association of Educators and teachers have demanded increases to per pupil spending, funding is only a symptom of a larger problem.Much of the tensions between the state legislature and teachers — arising from a decline in inflation - adjusted per - pupil spending and a 10 percent decline in inflation - adjusted salaries — could have been circumvented with stronger rights for public - sector employees.

According to a 2016 Gallup poll, Millennials rate the opportunity to «learn and grow» as an extremely important aspect of jobs to which they might consider applying.31 Eighty - seven percent of Millennials said that «development» was an important part of a job.32 Unlike many school districts, various entities elsewhere in the public sector and in the private sector have responded to their interests and are increasing the amount of feedback, professional development opportunities, and support they provide to employees.33

In Newark, N.J., support for public charter schools is overwhelming, with 71 percent of respondents supporting expansion of the sector.

For the case of the public sector, the probability of involuntary separation is just 1.3 percent, which is one - third as high as the probability in the private sector case.

Polling shows that a similar private - sector provision in the Employee Rights Act has 84 percent public support, including 85 percent support among union households.

For public - sector teachers, the relative wage gap (regression adjusted for education, experience, and other factors) has grown substantially since the mid-1990s: It was 8 percent in 1994 and grew to a record 17.0 percent in 2015.

Idaho's public charter school sector has grown to almost 50 schools and there are now about 20,000 children enrolled in the state's charters (about 7 percent of the state's K - 12 public school students).