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Trends in the Well-Being of the Aged and Their Prospects through 2030 – Burtless, Gary. Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Volume 18, Issue 2 (Dec 2015). Published Online: 11/18/2015. “The US population over 65 has seen significant and sustained improvement in its absolute and relative well-being over the past half century. This paper offers …
“For the very first time, The Human Development Report is available in a unique web version. The web version of the Human Development Report 2015: Work for Human Development contains interactive features that provide enhanced functionality and enable information sharing in our interconnected world…The report features 16 statistical tables in the annex as well as …
Decisions Regarding Monetary Policy Implementation – “The Federal Reserve has made the following decisions to implement the monetary policy stance announced by the Federal Open Market Committee in its statement on December 16, 2015: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to raise the interest rate paid on required and excess …
“Los Angeles County, Calif., led the nation in the number of Hispanic-, Asian-, and American Indian and Alaska Native-owned firms in 2012, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. It also ranked second in the number of black or African American- and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms (after Cook County, …
POGO – “The Project On Government Oversight is celebrating the holiday season by sharing a colorful display of federal contractor misconduct over the last twenty years. Using the new download feature on our Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD), data visualization developer Tamara Tershakovec created a JavaScript graph of the FCMD. The graph lists contractors in …
Mortgage risk and the yield curve. Aytek Malkhozov, Philippe Mueller, Andrea Vedolin and Gyuri VenterWorking. Papers No 532. December 2015. Bank for International Settlements. “We study the feedback from the risk of outstanding mortgage-backed securities (MBS) on the level and volatility of interest rates. We incorporate the supply shocks resulting from changes in MBS duration …
“Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is releasing a tool to measure consumer financial well-being, based on a definition that the Bureau released in January 2015. This first-of-its-kind tool provides questions that educators and others working to build financial capability can use to accurately and consistently quantify the financial well-being of consumers…In January 2015, …
CRS – Chronic Homelessness: Background, Research, and Outcomes. Libby Perl, Specialist in Housing Policy. Erin Bagalman, Analyst in Health Policy. December 8, 2015. “Chronically homeless individuals are those who spend long periods of time living on the street or other places not meant for human habitation, and who have one or more disabilities, frequently including …
Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Benjamin Edelman, Michael Luca, and Dan Svirsky. December 9, 2015 “Online marketplaces increasingly choose to reduce the anonymity of buyers and sellers in order to facilitate trust. We demonstrate that this common market design choice results in an important unintended consequence: racial discrimination. In …
BLS – Employment Projections: 2014-24 “Healthcare occupations and industries are expected to have the fastest employment growth and to add the most jobs between 2014 and 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. With the increase in the proportion of the population in older age groups, more people in the labor force will …
“Frederic W. Cook & Co. studied non-employee director compensation programs at 300 companies of various sizes and industries. This report summarizes pay levels and program structure. We observe a 4% year-over-year increase in total pay at the median, along with a growing preference for simplicity that began several years ago at large-cap companies and is …
“Over the past decade, the stability of the corporate world has been tested by accounting scandals and the 2008 financial crisis, among other things. These events eroded relations between boards and shareholders, and stressed the need for high corporate governance standards to restore trust. Among shareholders today, corporate governance is considered an integral part of …
