…economics at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, find that work requirements didn’t increase employment. Half of the people who lost Medicaid coverage reported serious problems paying off…
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…tax While overall employment levels have held steady in District 5, “many federal government workers were laid off or put on administrative leave in recent weeks,” with federal contractors also…
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…and long-term unemployment rates. Here’s what they found: Counties with high 10-year unemployment rates also had high rates of NAS. Across the sample, unemployment rates ranged from 4.1 percent to…
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…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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