In this edition of Brookings Data Now: Ukraine’s has a really low per capita GDP; Italy has a very large public debt; youth unemployment diminishes social mobility; the justice-involved population lacks health insurance; the problem of technology transfer by universities.
| $4,000 |
Ukraine’s per capita GDPUkraine is also 144th out of 177 countries in terms of government corruption. |
Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratioItaly’s debt-to-GDP ratio is second only to Greece’s among EU nations. |
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Since 1948, youth unemployment rates have been 2.7 times higher than prime-age unemployment rateThis ratio varies with the business cycle, and is currently about twice the national average. |
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| 90% |
Percentage of individuals released from prison who lack health insuranceOver 2.8 million “justice-involved” individuals—those who are incarcerated, on probation or on parole—will have the opportunity to obtain health insurance coverage through Medicaid expansion. |
| 37 |
Number of U.S. universities that have ever been in the top 20 for patent licensing revenueUniversities are allowed to patent innovations from federally-funded research, but few technology transfer offices, only 5 out of the top 20, were covering their expenses. |
Mingwei Ma contributed to this post.
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Ukraine’s Really Low Per Capita GDP: Brookings Data Now
March 6, 2014