…Still, black unemployment remains about twice that of white unemployment and triple the rate of Asian unemployment. Unemployment rates for Hispanic or Latino people are also persistently higher than national…
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…only consider health risks posed by unemployment, but should also aim at the reduction of insecure employment.” “Common Mental Disorders, Unemployment and Psychosocial Job Quality: Is a Poor Job Better…
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…for any effect of these re-employment programmes on functioning and mental health.” “Health Effects of Employment: A Systematic Review of Prospective Studies” Van der Noordt, Maaike; et al. Occupational &…
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…is qualified for the position. Advocates argue that “Ban the Box” (BTB) policies improve hiring rates for those with criminal backgrounds and reduce racial disparities in employment. In recent years,…
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Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email When the economy enters a recession, pundits are quick to trot out unemployment numbers to argue about the health of the economy or the success of the…
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…the improvement is larger. “Learning from Mum: Cross-National Evidence Linking Maternal Employment and Adult Children’s Outcomes” McGinn, Kathleen L.; Castro, Mayra Ruiz; Lingo, Elizabeth Long. Work, Employment and Society, April…
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…negative employment effects, but these have become notably smaller and are largely localized to teenagers.” They speculate that the smaller employment downturns from higher minimum wages might be because teenagers…
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…to employment in the low-unemployment states than in the high-unemployment states.” In any given month, the long-term unemployed have about a 1 in 10 chance of returning to the workforce,…
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…of 16 and 29 and a group of older men, aged 30 to 49. Groves also looked at how rising employment for single mothers with low education levels impacted employment for single…
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…has negative employment effects, but these have become notably smaller and are largely localized to teenagers.” They speculate that the smaller employment downturns from higher minimum wages might be because…
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