Scatter plot

Measuring the size of the Government

by Catherine Mulbrandon

Day 25 of 28 Days of Tax Data

If a country is above the line then its income is greater than its spending. Below the line then its spending is greater than its income.

Size of government — OECD 2007

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North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Maps, Other

Screenshot from an interactive mapping tool from OECD Regional Statistics. While you can look at any region I choose North America. The color indicates the GDP per capita: blue is low income while red is high income. The graph on the right is comparing % of population with high school education vs unemployment. (The red circle, indicating very high income, belongs to Washington DC)

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[tags]United States, OECD, Mexico, Canada[/tags]

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Does Higher Income Increases Happiness?

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other

From the New York Times

[tags]Happiness, United States, Income[/tags]

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2005 US Income Distribution part 2

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Distribution of Income, VE Infographics

I went back to my 2005 US Income Distribution graph and changed the scale to match the logarithmic scale used in Gapminder’s World income distribution 2003 graph which shows the historical income distribution from 1970-2000 for selected countries.

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