Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
Effect of Education on Wage Earning
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
The scope of this project includes individuals aged 18-65 who finished their education and do not have significant disadvantages in seeking employment selected from a survey of Georgia residents regarding wage income, ...
Measuring the Impact of the Finance Industry on States’ Economic Growth
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
This paper analyzes how per capita GDP has grown in the 50 states within the U.S. between the years 2006 and 2016, and how different economic indicators have affected economic growth. Particularly, we examine the link ...
Effects of State Sales Tax on GDP Per Capita: A Statewide Study for the United States
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
Economists have viewed the relationship between the impact of taxes on the GDP, however research
dealing with the sales tax rate and the GDP have yet to be analyzed to the extent that income taxes have
been investigated. ...
The Impact of Higher Education on Unemployment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
This paper explores the relationship between higher education and unemployment using regression analysis. Our hypothesis is that the greater the government expenditure on higher education, the lower a state’s unemployment ...
International Trade and Economic Theory: Testing the Gravity Model
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
This paper offers an addition to the extensive body of research of the gravity model, which predicts that the volume of trade between two countries depends on their relative size and the distance between them. Using both ...
Relation Between Income Inequality and Economic Growth
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
This paper analyzes the effect of income inequality on economic growth. Data on the growth rates of 30 countries and Gini-indexes was used. Three regression models were developed, each looking at different set of variables. ...
A Study Analyzing the Impact of Unionization on State Wages
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
This study was motivated by existing literature on unions which attempt to understand and measure
the impact of unionization on wages and the welfare of workers. Our analysis tries to further this
research by exploring ...
Estimation of the effect of Income Inequality on Human Development: A Cross Sectional Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
Throughout history, there has been overwhelming evidence that high levels of economic inequality correlate with low levels of human development, measured by the human development index. Our group’s overall objective was ...
Tariffs and Taxes versus Labor Regulation: Analyzing Which Government Policies Help and Hurt Domestic Economies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
The struggle to find the right balance between government intervention and the invisible hand of the market is familiar to all who have tried to form any semblance of economic policy. Due to the vast number of policy sectors ...
Factors that Influence Income Inequality Across the Globe
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-11)
This paper initially sought to analyze the relationship between income inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, and the multidimensional poverty index, which measures the levels of deprivation related to health, ...