This study analyzes the relationship between personal income and the usual number of hours worked per week. Labor market economics imply a positive relationship between hours worked and higher income, but also suggest a ...

The influence of socioeconomic factors on standardized test scores has been long debated and studied. This paper examines the relationship between family income and state-mandated achievement test scores for students in ...

The main objective of energy and climate policy in recent years has been to reduce energy usage, often by encouraging the increased energy efficiency of existing technologies. Some economists, however, postulate that ...

In this paper, we are exploring the correlation of minimum wage with youth unemployment across 25 OECD countries. We chose to focus on youth unemployment as opposed to overall unemployment for multiple reasons. One reason ...

This paper examines the relationship between GDP per capita and HIV prevalence in African countries. Our hypothesis is that as HIV infections increase within a nation, its GDP per capita will decrease due to the disease’s ...

The effects of education on poverty has often been discussed and analyzed by economic researchers. This paper aims to do the same, researching the education-poverty relationship. In this paper, we create a regression model ...

Infant mortality rate has been gaining greater importance in recent years as an indicator of population wellness. In previous studies, infant mortality rate is often found to be higher in countries with lower income and ...

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between unemployment and crime rate. Using data from 2013 acquired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (used for violent crime rate data) and from the Bureau of Labor ...

Minimum wage is a topic gaining lots of attention by policymakers in Washington. Additionally, the poverty rate in the U.S. is almost 15% with over 47 million Americans living in poverty. That said, would increasing the ...

The relationship between poverty and household income is an important political topic concerning a country's economy. This study tests the commonly held theory that poverty and household income are negatively correlated. ...