The Economics of Minimum Wage One might ask‚ what is minimum wage? Minimum wage is the lowest hourly amount an employer can pay an employee. There may be some exceptions based on the type of worker. There are two kinds of minimum wage rates‚ state and federal. Right now‚ the current minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. In some states‚ minimum wages are higher than the federal rate. Workers are paid the higher amount in those locations. Minimum wage has been a hot subject among the policy makers and
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Income inequality: Causes and Trends The distribution of wealth is extremely unequal in America and the whole world. This paper documents the growing inequality‚ and examines three reasons for its increase. The income growth for top earners is faster than income growth for the poor. This accelerated income growth for top earners would increase the income gap between top earners and the poor. In addition‚ income inequality between the poor and top earners in the US is becoming greater than in other
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NATIONAL INCOME Definition: According to Alfred Marshall‚ National Income is the labour and Capital of a country‚ acting on its natural resources‚ produced annually a certain net aggregate of commodities and in materials including services of all kinds. This is the net annual income or revenue of the country or the true national dividend. According to A.C.Pigou “ The national income dividend is that part of the objective income of the community‚ including‚ the income derived from aboard
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Classificatory smoothing of Income with Extraordinary Items - Summary Within this paper they talk about whether extraordinary items are used to smooth ordinary or operating income over time. The role of extraordinary items was never really looked at become separately and that is what they wanted to look at. They talk about how previously the focus was on net income after extraordinary items but that it is important to look at net income before extraordinary items also
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Distribution of Income • The fifth macroeconomical goals to ensure that income distribution is equitable. Equitable means fair‚ but fairness is an elusive concept and it means different things to different people. • A more equitable distribution may help to accelerate growth and promote human and economic development in many ways: • The propensity to consume of the poor is higher than that of the rich so redistribution will increase aggregate demand especially for basic goods and services.
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social discrimination existed all over the world‚ such as racial‚ religions‚ sex discrimination etc. Every person has equality before the law‚ but‚ in many case‚ the fate of people would be decided to depend on their background. Depending on parent income‚ some people can graduate from private university‚ others just graduate from public high school. In fact‚ these different of process would greatly influence in their future. As I watched video which story about social discrimination and each worker
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2. CheckPoint Cost‚ Volume‚ and Profit Questions 7. How should mixed costs be classified in CVP analysis? What approach is used to effect the appropriate classification? The mixed costs must be broken down into fixed and variable elements. After that is done then one needs to gather the information of the activity of the variable element in order to show the high end use and the low end use. It is important to separate these costs because the fixed cost will never change but the variable cost
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The Bare Minimum Overall Case Facts Big Bear Power (Big Bear) must determine what factors should be included in the minimum lease payments for the lease of a combustion turbine from Goliath Co. For each of the following three provisions‚ we determine what components should be included in “minimum lease payments” per ASC 840. Provision 1 Facts At the beginning of the lease‚ Big Bear pays $500‚000 to its legal counsel as well as $1 million in legal fees incurred by Goliath Co. The Company is required
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National income is a measure of the total value of goods and services produced in a country over a given period‚ usually a year. Simply‚ it is the total amount of income earned by the citizens of a nation. The term national income normally refers to the Gross National Product (GNP) of a country in a given year. GNP is a measure of the total market value of final goods and services produced by all the citizens of a nation in a year. There are three main approaches to measuring National Income these
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_ Tran Nam Quan: Blue Bui Minh Tri Quy : Task 1: Which of the following items are income: Rent from a residential rental property rented by a young family? yes‚ ordinary income under sec. 6-5 A birthday gift ? No A dividend from BP? Yes‚ Statutory income under sec.44(1) ITAA 1936 Wages and Salaries from your employer? Yes. Ordinary income under sec 6-5 Bank Interest Received? Yes‚ Ordinary income under sec 6-5(2) Your boss takes you out to dinner? No An allowance paid for your
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