20: Income Inequality and Poverty 1) Income Inequality and Poverty A person’s earnings depend on the supply and demand for that person’s labor‚ which in turn depend on natural ability‚ human capital‚ compensating differentials‚ discrimination‚ and so on. 2) THE MEASUREMENT OF INEQUALITY How much inequality is there in our society? How many people live in poverty? What problems arise in measuring the amount of inequality? How often do people move among income classes? 3) Table 1 The Distribution
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Process Costing - The Hershey Company/ Kaiser Aluminum Process costing is used mostly in companies when converting raw materials into homogenous products. A single product is produced on a continuous basis and all units of the product are identical. Costs are computed by department where the materials‚ labor‚ or overhead costs are added to the product in the processing department. Our two companies‚ The Hershey Company and Kaiser Aluminum‚ convert raw materials to their finished products of chocolate
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Homework On National Income Answer Sketch for Selected Questions Dr. Patrick Toche April 2‚ 2011 1 Reference : Mankiw‚ Mankiw‚ Macro (7th)‚ Chapter 2‚ Problem 4. Suppose a woman marries her butler. After they are married‚ her husband continues to wait on her as before‚ and she continues to support him as before (but as a husband rather than as an employee). How does the marriage affect GDP ? What is your reaction to this ? Hints : GDP is a measure of recorded transactions only‚ not
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1. Describe when it is appropriate for a company to use a job-order costing system. Answer Job order cost system provides per unit cost of manufactured products. Job order cost system is used by the companies that manufacture custom products for customers or batches of similar products. Job order cost system is used in the companies that offer many different products or services to its customers. Example Industries where job order cost system is used are Furniture manufacturing‚ Apparel manufacturing
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sustained increase in real GDP increases a nation’s standard of living providing that output rises faster than the total population. However it must be remembered that real income per capita on its own is both an inaccurate and insufficient indicator of true living standards both within and between countries. National income data can be used to make cross-country comparisons. This requires * Converting GDP data into a common currency (normally the dollar or the Euro) * Making an adjustment to
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In a study of a variety of developed countries‚ the United States had the second highest level of income inequality in the world‚ right behind Chile. Income inequality has always been a problem in the world‚ but especially in the United States. There is frequent debate on whether a person is getting a high enough salary or not. If not‚ the person that is not getting the sufficient funds often resorts back to the argument of their sex‚ race‚ or religion. This leads to worrisome debate throughout
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PLANT GROWTH EXPERIMENT Numerous environmental variables influence plant growth. Three students each planted a seedling of the same genetic variety in the same type of container with equal amounts of soil from the same source. Their goal was to maximize their seedling’s growth by manipulating environmental conditions. Their data are shown below. Plant Seedling Mass (grams) Day 1 Day 30
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has active income‚ from medical practice of $150‚000 (active income). He expects to receive $10‚000 in interest and dividends (portfolio income). He invests $100‚000 in Limited‚ a limited partnership (passive income). Limited lost money and Dr. Kevorkian’s share of the loss is $15‚000. In 2011 Dr. Kevorkian has the following: He has been informed that his share of Limited’s losses will be $10‚000. In January of 2011 he opens his own laboratory which will generate $30‚000 of income‚ and he spends
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CASE STUDY Tashtego Advanced Topics in Management Accounting and Control The purpose of this paper is to analyze the economic situation of the company Macedonian Shipping and give a recommendation whether the company should use the motor vessel Tashtego as a freight tender beween Dar-es-Salaam and Zanzibar in East Africa or as a tapioca ship between Balik Papan and Singapore in the East Indies. Fundamental to all these considerations are measurement issues. Financial measures‚ in particular‚ cost
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Activity-Based Costing System A presentation by Ahmad Tariq Bhatti FCMA‚ FPA‚ MA (Economics)‚ BSc Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates Activity-Based Costing Activity-Based Costing System 2 The Concept Activity-Based Costing In contrast to traditional/absorption costing system‚ ABC system first accumulates overheads costs for each organizational activity‚ and then assigns the costs of the activities to the products‚ services‚ or customers (cost objects) causing that activity. Activity-Based Costing System
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