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Florida Price Level Index 2011

The Florida Price Level Index (FPLI), established by the Legislature as the basis for the District Cost Differential (DCD) in the Florida Education Finance Program, is used to represent the costs of hiring equally qualified personnel across school districts.
This brief includes a county FPLI comparison table of past years and a review of the FPLI methodology.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2012
Author(s): 
Dewey, James F; Denslow, David, Irwin, Eve
Pages: 
4 pages

Florida Price Level Index 2010

The Florida Price Level Index (FPLI), established by the Legislature as the basis for the District Cost Differential (DCD) in the Florida Education Finance Program, is used to represent the costs of hiring equally qualified personnel across school districts.

This brief includes a county FPLI comparison table of past years and a review of the FPLI methodology.

 

 

2010 Florida Price Level Index

James F. Dewey, David A. Denslow, Eve Irwin, Susan Floyd, Phoebe Wilson

Publication Date: 
01/24/2011
Author(s): 
Dewey, James F; Denslow, David, Irwin, Eve
Pages: 
4 pages

Florida Price Level Index 2009

The Florida Price Level Index (FPLI), established by the Legislature as the basis for the District Cost Differential (DCD) in the Florida Education Finance Program, is used to represent the costs of hiring equally qualified personnel across school districts.

Publication Date: 
01/26/2010
Author(s): 
Dewey, James; Denslow, David; Irwin, Eve
Pages: 
4 pages

Occupation Centrality

Documentation for Occupational Centrality Paper

Publication Date: 
03/01/2008
Author(s): 
Dewey, Jim; Rojas, Gabriel M.
Pages: 
1 page

Florida Price Level Index 2008

The Florida Price Level Index (FPLI), established by the Legislature as the basis for the District Cost Differential (DCD) in the Florida Education Finance Program, is used to represent the costs of hiring equally qualified personnel across school districts.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2009
Author(s): 
Dewey, James; Denslow, David; Lotfinia, Babak
Pages: 
4 pages

Florida County Retail Price and Wage Indices 2005

This report presents and discusses the 2005 editions of the Florida County Retail Price Index (FCRPI) and the Florida County Wage Index (FCWI), produced by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) at the University of Florida.

Publication Date: 
11/22/2006
Author(s): 
Dewey, James F.; Denslow, David; Lotfinia, Babak T.
Pages: 
7 pages

The Florida Housing Boom

The recent rise and subsequent decline of housing prices, both in Florida and across the nation, have led to speculation about the nature of house prices in general. This paper explores recent trends in house prices, especially in Florida.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2007
Author(s): 
Montes Rojas, Gabriel; McGuire, Sandra T.; Ivey, Susan; Durrenberger, Tom
Pages: 
16 pages

Soaring House Prices and Wages of Local Government Employees

Local governments in Florida are concerned that the same soaring house prices that have boosted their revenue base have also increased the wages they have to pay to attract a qualified work force, especially relative to similar local governments in many other states where the housing boom has been less remarkable. The doubling of Florida house prices over the past six years that increased local property tax revenue raises concerns that a shortage of affordable housing will undermine their efforts to recruit and retain employees.

Publication Date: 
06/01/2007
Author(s): 
Durrenberger, Tom; Dewey, James F.; Denslow, David
Pages: 
14 pages

Florida Price Level Index 2003

Established by the Legislature as the basis for the District Cost Differential (DCD) in the Florida Education Finance Program, the Florida Price Level Index (FPLI) is used to represent the costs of hiring equally qualified personnel across school districts.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2004
Author(s): 
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Pages: 
12 pages

Florida Price Level Index 2002

Established by the Legislature as the basis for the District Cost Differential (DCD) in the Florida Education Finance Program, the Florida Price Level Index (FPLI) is used to represent the costs of hiring equally qualified personnel across school districts.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2003
Author(s): 
Bureau of Economic and Business Research
Pages: 
10 pages
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