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Is Social Security Wealth?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-04-01)
Wealth inequality has grown significantly over the last three decades and there are growing concerns about the diminishing wealth share of the middle class. Standard wealth definitions require that individuals possess a ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, July 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-07-16)
Initial unemployment claims over the last 17 weeks topped 50 million nationally. The number of claims per week have declined since the week ending on March 14. Over the same time period, 2.8 million workers in Texas filed ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-10-21)
The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index reached another all-time high this month. The CSB business-cycle increased almost 1% this month for an annualized rate of 11.8%, extending both the number of months of positive ...
Staying the Course or Rolling the Dice: Time Horizon’s Effect on the Propensity to Take Risk
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-02-06)
Is the old adage that states that the young take more risk than the old correct? In PERC Working Paper 1902, authors Liqun Liu, Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving investigate this conventional wisdom in the context ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, May 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-05-20)
The Business Cycle Index decreased by 0.1% between February and March 2019, resulting in an annualized rate of -1.1%. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan increased 0.3% from February to March 2019 and has grown ...
The Carrot and the Stick of Medicaid Expansion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-05-01)
Moving Up
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-09-01)
America prides itself as a place where people who work hard and don't quit can move up. However, there are concerns growing economic inequality has stymied economic mobility. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy identifies ...
Migration Nation
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-01-01)
Every year thousands of Americans move across county lines. In general, non-migrants experience higher average incomes than their migrant counterparts. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy explores how migrants and ...
Coronavirus and the Economy Presentation, Updated 8/27
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-08-27)
This presentation includes information on: · The number of unemployment insurance claims in the U.S. and Texas for the week ending August 22, 2020 and August 15, 2020 for College Station-Bryan · June unemployment rates ...
U.S. Budget Woes, the CBO Projections
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-30)
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office are worrisome and were expected to be so. In fact, federal debt held by the public is projected to be 106% of GDP by 2028 and deficits are expected to persist ...