The federal poverty guidelines, also known as the federal poverty level (FPL), measure a household's poverty status based on its annual income. The FPL doesn’t look at just the income you take home—instead, your FPL is based on yourmodified adjusted gross income(MAGI). MAGI includes all...
The overall level of top income concentration flattened, and the timing of its leveling shifted away from the World War II-era tax rates that Messrs. Piketty and Saez place at the center of their story. Here’s a chart that accompanied the column, showing how accurate data changes the ...
The income-based thresholds used to determine the federal poverty level status of an individual come directly from the U.S. Census Bureau, where these thresholds were used to estimate the official poverty rate in the US (Creamer et al. 2022). However, eligibility for programs administered by ...
Structure and late Quaternary activity of the northern Owens Valley fault zone, Owens Valley, California. The Fish Springs fault is a primary strand in the northern end of the Owens Valley fault zone (OVFZ). The Fish Springs fault is the northwest strand in a 3... SJ Martel - 《Engineeri...
The U.S. poverty rate stands at 12%, affecting about 41 million people across the country. At the state level, this rate ranges from 7% to 18%, depending on local economic conditions. But how does poverty differ when examined through the lens of racial demographics?
If possible, compare calculated values against external data sources. This is useful for intermediate steps (e.g. does the number of votes in a state match published totals?) and final metrics (e.g. does median household income in California align with Census Bureau estimates?) ...
SDI is calculated based on the total fertility rate for those under 25 years old, the mean education level for individuals aged 15 and older, and lag-distributed income per capita. For GBD 2021, SDI values were scaled from 0.00 to 1.00, categorizing countries and territories into five ...
In this study, a spatial econometric model (SAR) is constructed based on the new economic geography, and the digital financial inclusion index is integrated with macro-economic data at a provincial level in China from 2012 to 2019. The direct and spatial impacts of digital inclusive finance on...
Flooding is among the most prevalent natural hazards, with particularly disastrous impacts in low-income countries. This study presents global estimates of the number of people exposed to high flood risks in interaction with poverty. It finds that 1.81 b
First, the working poor has been a focus of research in middle-level theory (e.g., social stratification, classification in the occupational hierarchy). Many developed countries, such as the US, have entered situations of low unemployment, rising mean family income, increasing wage inequality, an...