Chapter 8 – International comparisons:
How does the United States stack up against its global peers?
Figure 8A: Annual growth rates of per capita income using PPPs, 1950-2007 (2007 dollars)
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Figure 8B: Productivity growth rates in G-7 countries
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Table 8.1: Per capita income using purchasing-power parity, 1950-2007 (2007 dollars)
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Table 8.2: Productivity levels and growth, 1950-2007 (2007 dollars)
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Table 8.3: Employment rates, 1979-2006
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Table 8.4: Average annual hours worked, 1979-2006
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Table 8.5: Decomposition of per capita income, 2006
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Table 8.6: Work and leave policies
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Table 8.7: Work and family policies
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Table 8.8: Employment rates by gender, 1979-2006
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Table 8.9: Employment growth, 1979-2006
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Table 8.10: Standardized unemployment rates, 1979-2006
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Table 8.11: Unemployment rates by education level (persons aged 25-64), 2005
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Figure 8C: Collective bargaining coverage in relation to inequality and productivity, 2000
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Table 8.13: Relative hourly compensation of manufacturing production workers, 1979-2006 (U.S.=100)
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Table 8.14: Annual growth in real hourly compensation (using PPP exchange rates) of manufacturing production workers, 1979-2006
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Table 8.15: Household income inequality, 2005
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Figure 8D: Relative household income dispersion, 2005
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Figure 8E: Household income dispersion relative to the U.S. median, 2005
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Figure 8F: Top 0.1% income share in selected countries
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Table 8.16: Poverty rates, 2000
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Figure 8G: Child poverty rates before and after taxes and transfers, 2000
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Figure 8H: Social expenditure versus child poverty, 2001
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Insert A: Documentation and Methodology, Appendices A and B, Table notes, Figure notes, Bibliography [download PDF]
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