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ECON Vocab CH 13
study material for economics CH 13 Vocab - Ponder
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| price index | statistics used to measure changes in prices over time |
| standard of living | quality of life based on possession of necessities and luxuries |
| Gross Domestic Product | dollar amount of all final goods and services produced within a country's borders in a year |
| household | all the persons that occupy a house, apartment, or other living quarters |
| census | official count of all people |
| renewable resources | resources that can be replenished |
| disposable personal income | total income the consumer sector of the economy has at its disposal after personal income taxes |
| life expectancy | average remaining life span of people of a given age |
| producer price index | measure of price changes received by domestic producers for their output |
| rural population | people living in sparsely populated areas |
| personal income | total amount of income going to consumers before individual income taxes are subtracted |
| Demographer | person who studies growth, density, and other characteristics of population |
| Gross National Product | dollar value of all final goods, services, and structures produced with labor and property supplied by U.S. residents |
| consumer price index | price changes for about 90,000 items |
| tax base | incomes and properties that may be taxed |
| underground economy | unreported legal and illegal economic activities |
| urban population | people living in incorporated towns with 2,500 or more individuals |
| base year | a year that serves as the basis of comparison for all other years |
| capital-to-labor ratio | numerical comparison of total capital stock and the number of workers |
| dependency ratio | numerical comparison of the number of children and elderly for every 100 persons in the working-age bracket of 18 through 64 |