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The Florida Retirement System: Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution?

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Denslow, David

Suppose you are a young college graduate weighing offers from two states: Which retirement plan offers the better deal, defined benefit or defined contribution?

Monday, April 8, 2013

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Charitable Donations and the Fiscal Cliff

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Denslow, David

As part of the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations, some policymakers have proposed a cap to tax deductions for charitable contributions. But how much will this take away from the charities?

Monday, December 17, 2012

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Foreclosure Stock Affecting All Homes

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Denslow, David; Schaub, Ray

If you have a home for sale, how much will you be hurt by a property within a quarter mile for which a mortgage payment is seriously delinquent or which is real-estate owned?

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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County-to-county migration in Florida, 2005-2009

Author(s):

Rayer, Stefan

Stefan Rayer, Ph.D.

The 2005–2009 American Community Survey (ACS) county-to-county migration files, released in March 2012 by the U.S. Census Bureau, provide the first county-to-county migration flow tables since Census 2000. For small areas such as counties migration plays a major role in population change; often dwarfing the role of fertility and mortality. As such, the 2005–2009 ACS migration files provide an important snapshot of recent population changes impacting Florida counties.

The 2005–2009 American Community Survey county-to-county migration files are the first detailed migration flow tables since Census 2000 and provide an important snapshot of recent population changes impacting Florida counties.

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Florida's Unemployment Rate and the Seasonal Adjustment Process

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Denslow, David; Schaub, Ray; Irwin, Eve

Florida's unemployment rate for September is released October 19th, but how much information will it really give us? Many experts refuted the national unemployment figure for September, arguing against the seasonal adjustment process.

Friday, October 19, 2012

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Update: Floridians' Opinion About Amendment 4

An update to the previous <a href="http://www.bebr.ufl.edu/articles/floridians-opinions-about-amendment-4" target="_blank">Floridians' Opinions about Amendment 4</a>, with recent data.

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Florida’s Long Term Economic Trajectory Emerging from the Great Recession

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Dewey, James

In 2011 income per capita in Florida was lower relative to the US than it has been since the 1970s. Is this low point transitory, or did the housing bubble mask a steady downward trend in Florida’s economic fundamentals?

Thursday, September 27, 2012

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Consumer Sentiment in Florida and its Regions

Florida’s Consumer Sentiment Index usually tracks the confidence level of the entire country, so it might appear that Florida’s economy mirrors that of the nation as a whole. A closer look at regions within Florida tells a different story.

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Floridians' Opinions about Amendment 4

In November Floridians will vote on Amendment 4, a proposed change to property taxes. As of March 44 percent of Floridians said they would vote for it, short of the 60 percent needed to make it law.

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Trends in Florida’s Job Structure 2001 to 2008

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Denslow, David; Dewey, James

Florida’s job skill fell from 2% below the national average in 2001 to 3% below in 2008. A major cause was that Florida added more low skill jobs than high skill jobs relative to the U.S. average, though the national trend of relative returns rising most

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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