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Measuring the size of the Government

by Catherine on February 25, 2010

Day 25 of 28 Days of Tax Data

If a country is above the line then its income is greater than its spending. Below the line then its spending is greater than its income.

Size of government — OECD 2007

Tagged as: Australia, OECD, Scatter plot, Tax collection, tax system, United States

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North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006

by Catherine on November 23, 2008

in Other

Screenshot from an interactive mapping tool from OECD Regional Statistics. While you can look at any region I choose North America. The color indicates the GDP per capita: blue is low income while red is high income. The graph on the right is comparing % of population with high school education vs unemployment. (The red circle, indicating very high income, belongs to Washington DC)

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[tags]United States, OECD, Mexico, Canada[/tags]

Tagged as: Canada, Choropleth Map, Education, GDP, GDP per Capita, Mexico, North America, OECD, Population, Scatter plot, Unemployment, United States

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Does Higher Income Increases Happiness?

by Catherine on April 17, 2008

in Uncategorized

From the New York Times

[tags]Happiness, United States, Income[/tags]

Tagged as: Choropleth Map, Distribution of Income, GDP per Capita, Income - Average, Median, IRS, Scatter plot, United States, World

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2005 US Income Distribution part 2

by Catherine on December 5, 2006

in Distribution of Income, VE Infographics

I went back to my 2005 US Income Distribution graph and changed the scale to match the logarithmic scale used in Gapminder’s World income distribution 2003 graph which shows the historical income distribution from 1970-2000 for selected countries.

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GDP per Capita vs Gini Index

by Catherine on January 4, 2006

in Growth of Income Inequality, VE Infographics

GDPCapitaVSGini
Scatter plot of 113 countries comparing wealth vs income inequality. The red square is the United States.

The L shape of the scatter plot was not what I expected. However, many countries don’t have a recent Gini index (1987 to 2003) while GDP per capita is available for 2003/2004 for most countries.

Definition of Gini index a measure of income inequality.
0 = equal distrubution
100 = one person has everything

Tagged as: Blog, CIA, Distribution of Income, GDP, GDP per Capita, Gini Index, Scatter plot, United States, World

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