William F. Fox, Director Center for Business and Economic Research The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The Economy:As Optimistic as an Economist Can Be, Tax Revenues not so Positive
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Occupational Employment and Wages
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NONAG JOB LOSSES AND GAINS
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Tennessee Sales Tax Collections as a Percent of Personal Income, William F. Fox Center for Business and Economic Research
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Normal government cost growth ◦ Pension – biannual adjustment ◦ BEP ◦ Higher Ed ◦ Debt Service ◦ Health Insurance ◦ Salary Increase TennCare ◦ Medicaid expansion ◦ Woodwork effect Total $580 million William F. Fox Center for Business and Economic Research 29
Gift tax Inheritance tax Lower rate for food Larger exemption for the Hall Income Tax William F. Fox Center for Business and Economic Research 30
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5 percentage points more likely to graduate high school than matched control students 20 percentage points more likely to enroll at any college 29 percentage points more likely to enroll in a community college 9.5 percentage points less likely to enroll in a four-year institution Two-thirds of effect on community college enrollment came from students who would not have gone to college William F. Fox Center for Business and Economic Research