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What Has Been Driving World Population Growth?
The world’s population more than doubled from 1960 to 2021 despite the birth rate falling. Declining death rates in lower-income countries drove the growth.
How Did the U.S. Economy Do Last Year? Explaining Two Measures of GDP Growth
An analysis compares two ways to measure the annual growth of U.S. real GDP—Q4-over-Q4 and year-on-year—and why economists might prefer one over the other.
How the Big Mac Index Relates to Overall Consumer Inflation
Big Mac inflation appears to track CPI inflation, but its path can diverge from overall U.S. inflation because of price deviations relative to other items in the consumer basket.
Women’s Evolving Careers Helped Shrink the Gender Pay Gap
The narrowing of the gender pay gap since the 1970s appears to be linked to women increasing their labor force attachment and shifting to higher-paying occupations.
How Nonmonetary Job Amenities Improve with Higher Education
Nonmonetary job amenities tend to improve in occupations that require higher levels of education, providing an additional reason for college enrollment.
Has Better Nutrition Driven Down Mortality Rates?
One popular theory has attributed the decline in death rates to improved nutrition. But an analysis of caloric intake worldwide suggests that there isn’t a strong relationship.
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Local Governments in the U.S.: A Breakdown by Number and Type
An analysis examines state variations in how the number and types of local governments in the U.S. have evolved since the 1940s.
The End of Rapid Population Growth
The world’s population had been doubling every 47 years to reach 8 billion today. But it is expected to peak at 10.5 billion before declining by century’s end.