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Daily Archives: January 3, 2012
Changes in the Distribution of Income Among Tax Filers Between 1996 and 2006: The Role of Labor Income, Capital Income, and Tax Policy
CRS: Changes in the Distribution of Income Among Tax Filers Between 1996 and 2006: The Role of Labor Income, Capital Income, and Tax Policy, Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance, December 29, 2011 Social scientists and philosophers have been concerned with issues surrounding the distribution of income or income inequality for over 200 yearsthe… Continue Reading
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2011
“The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides essential data for analysing and measuring world trade, investment, international financial flows and development. Reliable statistical information is often considered as the first step during the preparation of making recommendations or taking decisions that countries will commit for many years as they strive to integrate into the world economy… Continue Reading
Updated edition of Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-law Librarians
“The Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) Public Access to Legal Information (PALI) Committee has just posted the updated edition of Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-law Librarians. We’ve corrected links, added a few more sources, and moved the “Common Abbreviations in the Law” from the end of Chapter 2 to Appendix B.… Continue Reading
U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: Significance, Prospects, and Policy Options
CRS: U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: Significance, Prospects, and Policy Options, William H. Cooper – Specialist in International Trade and Finance, December 5, 2011 “Japan and the United States are the two largest economic powers. Together they account for over 30% of world domestic product, for a significant portion of international trade in goods and services, and… Continue Reading
Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 3rd Quarter 2011
Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 3rd Quarter 2011 “This quarterly survey provides national summary statistics on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the 100 largest state and local public employee retirement systems in the United States. These 100 systems comprise 89.4 percent of financial activity among such entities,… Continue Reading
Oil Transit Chokepoints, with updated data on oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz
World Oil Checkpoints: “Chokepoints are narrow channels along widely used global sea routes, some so narrow that restrictions are placed on the size of vessel that can navigate through them. They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their narrow straits. In 2011, total world… Continue Reading
BLS Monthly Labor Review, December 2011
Employment growth by size class: comparing firm and establishment data – Sherry Dalton, Erik Friesenhahn, James Spletzer, and David Talan Estimating an energy consumer price index from establishment survey data, Janice Lent Entire December 2011 in one PDF file Continue Reading
Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy
“In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of our current pattern of high consumption of nonrenewable energy and its environmental consequences. Further, because the United States imports about 55 percent of… Continue Reading
EPA IG – EPA Needs to Manage Nanomaterial Risks More Effectively
EPA Needs to Manage Nanomaterial Risks More Effectively – Report No. 12-P-0162 December 29, 2011 “We found that EPA does not currently have sufficient information or processes to effectively manage the human health and environmental risks of nanomaterials. EPA has the statutory authority to regulate nanomaterials but currently lacks the environmental and human health exposure… Continue Reading
