impact on market demand. What matters in a market based system is your effective demand for goods and services. Examples of inequality/poverty: The distribution of income in the UK. In 2008/09‚ income before taxes and benefits of the top fifth of households in the UK was £73‚800 per year on average compared with £5‚000 for the bottom fifth‚ a ratio of 15 to one. After taking account of taxes and benefits‚ the gap between the top and the bottom fifth was reduced with average income of £53‚900 per year
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Working wives and mothers : what happens to family life? The changing work role of women has caused much concern about the survival of the family; most women can mix work with marriage and motherhood and handle or better share the resulting household responsibilities SAR A. LEVITAN AND RICHARD S . BELOUS American families seem to be besieged from all sides . Divorce rates are climbing ; marriage is being postponed‚ if not rejected ; fertility rates are falling ; increasing numbers of children
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9 10 10 10 2 Executive Summary MUJI‚ a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods‚ is distinguished by its concept of simplicity and emphasis on environmental friendly stance. India has a fast-growing economy and more foreign companies are investing there. India has a potential yet growing market of young generation from middle-to-high-income households‚ with increasing penetration rates of internet and social media. This marketing plan is focused in
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the state of Michigan. The assumption would be more individuals would have a bachelor degree especially in the city of Dearborn. Living in the city of Dearborn‚ the assumption is the median income per household is higher than $46‚972‚ and working forty hours a week. The income per household and the population with a bachelor degree or better has a correlation. Although‚ U.S. census doesn’t indicate that income was the major issue that has
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product‚ pricing‚ distribution and promotion strategies to make products more appealing‚ valuable and accessible. 2 CONSUMER EXPENDITURE ON REAL ESTATE Backdrop India is a large and growing consumer market‚ but ◊ Rural Aspirers (Six percent of households): the expanse and diversity of the country make the shape
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wide array of rural household surveys suggests that nonfarm income accounts for about 35 percent of rural income in Africa and roughly 50 percent in Asia and Latin America. Standing roughly 20 percent higher than rural nonfarm employment shares‚ these income shares confirm the economic importance of part-time and seasonal nonfarm activities. Rural residents across the developing world earn a large share of their income—35–50 percent—from nonfarm activities. Agricultural households count on nonfarm
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China research – Bullet 5 Demographics Political and legal environment in China make it very volatile for business outside of the country. China is undergoing massive urbanisation with millions (160m) of people moving from rural to urban environments. However the mass industrialisation comes with a lot of pollution costs. The urbanisation is pushing up consumption per person but also increasing income per person. Population in China is suspected to reach 1 billion by 2030. The scale and pace of
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WORLD REPORT ON CHILD LABOUR Economic vulnerability‚ social protection and the fight against child labour World Report on Child Labour Economic vulnerability‚ social protection and the fight against child labour International Labour Office · Geneva Executive summary Between 2000 and 2008 the number of child labourers worldwide fell by some 30 million. Notwithstanding this progress‚ at the end of that period there were still over 215 million child labourers‚ and over half of them were
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Revised food bill will have wider reach The bill was truncated from the NAC version at the first stage when the government finalized it and then the parliamentary standing committee went along similar lines and recommended further paring down of the benefits. Sources said concerns were raised by the Congress leadership about reducing existing benefits under the Antodaya Anna Yojana to the 2.5 crore poorest families as well as the recommendation of the standing committee to remove the Integrated
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come from the household expenditure survey conducted by the Hong Kong Department of Commerce and Industry from 1963 to 1964. The survey covered almost three thousand households in all census districts of Hong Kong and included information on monthly household expenditure on more than 90 items of commodities and services as well as information on household particulars such as size and composition of household‚ occupation‚ employment status and industrial group of head of household‚ etc. Description
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