International
Much of this Web site examines the performance of the U.S. economy over time—using historical outcomes as a benchmark. This section instead compares the United States across space—benchmarking its performance to its global peers, the 19 other richest industrialized countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The comparison thus provides an alternative yardstick to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. economy.
International
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Share of income held by top 1 percent in developed countries
Figure 2AB in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Intergenerational correlations between the earnings of fathers and sons in OECD countries
Figure 3H in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Intergenerational mobility and income inequality in 22 countries
Figure 3Q in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Impact of trade with low-wage countries on college/noncollege wage gap
Table 4.29 in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Median and mean wealth per adult in 20 advanced countries
Table 6.17 in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Earnings at the 10th percentile as a share of median worker earnings in selected OECD countries, late 2000s
Figure 7U in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Earnings at the 10th percentile in selected OECD countries relative to the United States, late 2000s
Figure 7V in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Relative poverty rate in the United States and selected OECD countries, late 2000s
Figure 7W in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Child poverty rate in selected developed countries
Figure 7X in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Child poverty gap in selected developed countries
Figure 7Y in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Extent to which taxes and transfer programs reduce the relative poverty rate, selected OECD countries, late 2000s
Figure 7Z in State of Working America 12th Edition
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Social expenditure and relative poverty rates in selected OECD countries, late 2000s
Figure 7AA in State of Working America 12th Edition
