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Earnings Per Share (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Computation of Basic Earnings Per Share
The computation of earnings per share is included in the following table.

 
 
Three Months Ended
January 31,
  
Six Months Ended
January 31,
 
 
 
2014
  
2013
  
2014
  
2013
 
Net (loss) income attributable to Ecology and Environment, Inc.
 
$
(784,648
)
 
$
1,911,086
  
$
(404,257
)
 
$
2,153,613
 
Dividends declared
  
(1,033,551
)
  
(1,018,540
)
  
(1,033,551
)
  
(1,018,540
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
(1,818,199
)
 
$
892,546
  
$
(1,437,808
)
 
$
1,135,073
 
 
                
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic and diluted)
  
4,290,193
   
4,246,371
   
4,278,694
   
4,245,191
 
 
                
Distributed earnings per share
 
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
 
Undistributed earnings per share
  
(0.42
)
  
0.21
   
(0.33
)
  
0.27
 
Total earnings per share
 
$
(0.18
)
 
$
0.45
  
$
(0.09
)
 
$
0.51