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• Foreign Direct Investment and Growth ( More about this ) - Scatter plot relating inflows of foreign direct investment as a percentage of GDP and economic growth over the following ten years. At a very crude level shows a strong relationship between FDI and forthcoming economic growth. Animated for the period leading up to 1994 (thus the data on growth go to 2004). Could be an interesting starting point for a discussion that would include a discussion of exogenous that perhaps make the relationship between FDI and growth more or less persuasive. Creator: Gapminder World Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: economics, trade, countries Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Movie/Animation Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Population Under $1 a Day ( More about this ) - Shows the percentage of the population living on less than 1 USD per day at purchasing power parity for 58 countries for which the statistic is applicable. Shows the prevalence of poverty as measured by a uniform international standard. Though the concept of absolute poverty remains valuable, data are the most recent available prior to 2000, rendering them quite out of date. The closely related chart of the percentage of the percentage of the population living on less than $2/day is available here: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_pop_und_2_a_day-economy-population-under-2-day. Creator: NationMaster Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: economics, countries, poverty Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• PPP Conversion Factor to Official Exchange Rate ( More about this ) - Bar chart of the relationship between the formal exchange rate and the exchange rate at purchasing power parity as of the most recent year (typically 2005). Of note is the fact that developing country currencies are often significantly undervalued, a fact that holds true for the rapidly developing BRIC countries. Comes with a rather unhelpfully colored graph. Creator: NationMaster Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: trade, countries, economics Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Hourly wage decile cutoffs for male workers, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national hourly wage decile cutoffs for male workers from 1973-2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: workers, income, gender, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Dimensions of wage inequality, log wage differentials, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on the dimensions of wage inequality from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: workers, income, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Real and current values of the minimum wage, 1960-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on the real and current values of the minimum wage from 1960 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: income, inflation, workers, labor (work), jobs Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Labor force and total non-farm employment, 1979-August 2008 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on the national labor force and total non-farm employment from 1979 to 2008 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: jobs, labor (work), employment, workers Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Gross Job gains and losses, 1990 (quarter 2) to 2007 (quarter 4) ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national gross job losses and gains from 1990 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: jobs, labor (work), employment, unemployment Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Unemployment rate, January 1948 to August 2008 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on the national unemployment rate from January 1948 to August 2008 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: unemployment, jobs, labor (work) Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Long-term unemployed as a share of unemployed, and the unemployment rate, 1979 to 2008 (quarter 2) ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national long-term unemployment as a share of unemployment from 1979 to 2008 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 06/24/2010 Subject: employment, unemployment, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance