short readOct 11, 2013 Chart of the Week: The literacy-productivity connection For both individuals and nations, greater literacy is linked to greater income.
short readOct 8, 2013 Where in the world are you? Facebook or Foursquare may know Three-in-ten adult social media users have set up at least one of their accounts to automatically “tag” their posts with their current location.
short readOct 4, 2013 Without government data, an alternative employment report ADP’s monthly report on nonfarm private-sector payrolls is a reasonable alternative to the Bureau of Labor Statistics during the government shutdown.
short readOct 4, 2013 Chart of the Week: The worldโs most popular web sites Search engines and social networking services are the most popular web sites in nearly every country, but Google and Facebook aren’t always the leaders.
short readOct 2, 2013 Federal government shutdown: The data casualties Which federal data sources are, aren’t and may be affected by the government shutdown.
short readOct 1, 2013 Jewish essentials: For most American Jews, ancestry and culture matter more than religion Most American Jews say being Jewish is primarily a matter of ancestry and culture, not religious practice.
short readOct 1, 2013 How much might a government shutdown cost? Plenty, history says The estimated cost of the two federal government shutdowns in fiscal 1996 was more than $1.4 billion ($2.1 billion in today’s dollars).
short readSep 27, 2013 Chart of the Week: The bipartisan federal debt limit Raising the federal debt limit has given both Republicans and Democrats, in Congress and the White House, fits for decades.
short readSep 27, 2013 Child labor is declining but still common in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia The International Labor Organization estimates there are 168 million child laborers worldwide, a third fewer than in 2000.
short readSep 26, 2013 Powered by oil and gas, U.S. energy production is on the rise U.S. domestic energy production is rising — up 13.9% from 2005 to 2012, and on track to rise even more this year.