Q & A: What Do We Know About Income Inequality in Hawaii?
1. THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH CONTROVERSY ABOUT INCOME INEQUALITY LATELY. WHAT DO THE NUMBERS TELL US ABOUT INEQUALITY IN THE US AND HAWAII? The income
1. THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH CONTROVERSY ABOUT INCOME INEQUALITY LATELY. WHAT DO THE NUMBERS TELL US ABOUT INEQUALITY IN THE US AND HAWAII? The income
Teams in Japan’s two professional baseball leagues began to add foreign players to their rosters in the early 1950s, with the average number of foreign
1. HAWAII’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED FROM 6.1 PERCENT IN JULY TO 6.2 PERCENT IN AUGUST. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? The basic reason is that the
Professor Sumner La Croix (UH Economics, UHERO, and UH Global Health and Population Studies) and Professor Ann Carlos (University of Colorado Economics) have received a grant from
1. THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IS KNOWN FOR ITS OLD-AGE PENSION PROGRAM BUT IT ALSO RUNS A PROGRAM PROVIDING BENEFITS TO DISABLED AMERICANS? The Social
1. S&P’S DOWNGRADE: HOW DOES IT CHANGE THINGS? S&P’s downgrade of the US long term credit rating is a landmark historical event for the US.
1. WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE JULY EMPLOYMENT REPORT? Non-farm employment increased by 117,000 jobs while private employment increased by 154,000 jobs. Employment counts for May and June were
The INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII program will feature a discussion about the state of tourism in Hawaii. Featured on the panel will be UHERO Research
This report provides quantitative and qualitative measures of the impact of same-sex civil unions on the Hawai`i economy, Hawai`i businesses, and the State of Hawai`i’s