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unusual facts about per capita



Language tax

Van Parijs points out that Jonathan Pool had proposed this kind of taxation in 1991 but criticizes Pool's proposal to distribute the cost of language learning on a per capita basis.

Sizing Up the Senate

Sizing Up the Senate also empirically demonstrates that small states receive more money per capita from the U.S. federal government due to the spending formula for block grants.


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Bogatynia

Today Bogatynia is one of the richest towns per capita in Poland, due to its two principal enterprises: the Turów Coal Mine, a large open-pit on the grounds of the former Rybarzowice village (Reibersdorf), and the associated thermal power station, Elektrownia Turów, operated by the Polska Grupa Energetyczna, the third-largest of the country.

Economic history of Morocco

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Economy of Italy under fascism

Larger programs began in the 1930s with the Bonifica Integrale land reclamation program (or so-called "Battle for Land"), which was employing over 78,000 people by 1933; the Mezzogiorno policies to modernise southern Italy and attack the Mafia - per capita income in the south was still 40% below that of the north; the electrification of the railways and similar transport programs; hydroelectrical projects; the chemical industry; automobiles; steel.

Economy of New Zealand

Partly as a result, from 1970 to 1990, the relative New Zealand GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power declined from about 115% of the OECD average to 80%.

Edward Castronova

It claims, for example, that Norrath has a GNP per capita somewhere between that of Russia and Bulgaria, higher than that of China and India, and that a unit of EverQuest currency is worth more than the Yen or Lira.

Fred Glazer

While library funding was below 10 cents per capita, he handed out rolls of Life Savers candy to legislators and told them, "That's how much you're supporting libraries."

General Amherst High School

GAHS has been recognized for a number of causes, including (but not limited to): the Canadian record of per capita student contributions in donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, championships in football, hockey, basketball, track & field, wrestling, tennis, cross country and volleyball; the recipient of several Essex County "Student Prime Minister of the Year" awards (2004, 2005, & 2009) and high rankings in the University of Waterloo Fermat Mathematics competition.

Google Trends

In April 2012, Tobias Preis, Helen Susannah Moat, H. Eugene Stanley and Steven R. Bishop used Google Trends data to demonstrate that Internet users from countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to search for information about the future than information about the past.

Highwood, Illinois

Given the dry nature of most towns between Evanston and Kenosha, Highwood enjoyed a high per capita number of bars and taverns.

Inverted U

Kuznets curve, an economic theory describing the relationship between income per capita and wealth inequity

Kishtwar

The Chenab River flows through the district and is the site of the hydroelectric power projects of Dul Hasti 780 MW, Ratle 480 MW, Kirthai 1400 MW, Pakal Dool 700 MW, Lower Kalnai 200 MW and Chaudhary 150 MW with the highest per capita wattage production in world for such a small area.

Linder hypothesis

(That is, the proportionate demand for each good becomes more similar, for example following Engel's law on food and non-food spending.)Econometric test of the hypothesis has been difficult because countries with similar levels of per capita income are generally located close to each other geographically and distance is a very important factor in explaining the intensity of trade between two countries.

Neemuch

Neemuch is known as India's Eye donation capital as it accounts for the highest per capita eye donation rate in the country.

Parkside, San Francisco

Located in the southern part of the Avenues south of Quintara and north of Sloat Boulevard a distinctive neighborhood with the unique distinction of more parks per capita than any other neighborhood in San Francisco; Parkside Square, Pine Lake, Pine Lake Park (aka Dog Park), Concert Meadow (home of the famous free summer concerts), Charlie Sava Pool (formerly Carl Larsen Pool), Carl Larsen Park, Sigmund Stern Grove, McCoppin Park and McCoppin Square.

Williamsport Crosscutters

The name "Crosscutters" reflects the logging heritage of Williamsport, once known as the "Lumber Capital of the World." The city, historically having the largest amount of millionaires per capita, is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, and logging barons once lived in mansions along Fourth Street, which became known as "Millionaires' Row".