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Index
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Overall Rank
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Competitive Advantages /
Disadvantages
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SubIndex/Variable
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Index
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Rank
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Economic
Advantage?
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Government
and Fiscal Policy Subindex
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Taxes as a % of current
GSP
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Worker's
Compensation Collections Per Employee
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Bond
Rating: S&P's/Moody's Composite
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Budget Surplus as a % of
GSP
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Average
Benefit per First Payment For Unemployed
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Full-Time
State/Local Government Employees / 100 Residents
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Institutions and
Security Subindex
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Crime Index, per 100,000
inhabitants
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Crime Index Change
2005-2006, %
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Murder
index, per 100,000 inhabitants
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The BGA Integrity Index
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Infrastructure Subindex
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%
of Households With Installed Phones
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High-Speed Lines by
State per 1000
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Air passengers per
capita
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Travel Time to Work
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Electricity Prices per million
BTU
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Average rent of 2 bedroom
apartment
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Human Resources Subindex
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%
of Population without Health Insurance
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%
of Population that Graduated from High School
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Unemployment Rate
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%
of Pop. Enrolled in Degree-Granting Institutions
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% of Adults in Labor
Force
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Infant
Mortality rate, deaths per 1000 live births
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Rate
of Nonfederal Pysicians per 100,000 inhabitants
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Students
at/above Proficient in Math, Grade 4 public schools, %
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Technology Subindex
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Academic R&D per
$1,000 GSP
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NIH
support to institutions by state/population
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Patents, per 100,000
inhabitants
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Number
of S&E graduate students per 100,000 inhabitants
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S&Edegrees
awarded per 100,000 inhabitants
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Scientists/engineers
as % of Labor Force
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High-technology
share of all business establishments
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Finance Subindex
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Total deposits per
capita
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Venture
capital investment dollars per worker
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Employer
firm births per 100,000 inhabitants
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IPO Per 1000 Companies,
in $
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Percent
of Labor Force that is represented by unions
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Minumum wage
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Openness Subindex
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Exports per capita,
dollars
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Incoming FDI per capita,
dollars
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Percent of population
born abroad
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Environmental Policy
Subindex
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Toxic Release, Pounds
per Capita
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Greenhouse
Gas Emissions (MTCE/1000 Sq. Miles)
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