News tagged with financial stability

How does the global financial crisis affect consumer decision making?

Consumers who feel financially deprived are more likely to seek scarce products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New report shows seniors' economic security falling

Outliving one's resources and falling into poverty is an increasingly common experience among today's senior citizens, according to a new report produced jointly by the Heller School's Institute on Assets and Social Policy ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

Studies of women's attitudes to 'social egg freezing' find reasons differ with age

Women of different ages differ in their reasons for wishing to undergo egg freezing, show two studies presented to the 26th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday). A large ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

G20 Toronto summit unlikely to achieve major reform, Rotman study suggests

Coordination of financial regulations makes sense for countries trying to minimize the effects of global financial uncertainty, says a paper from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study finds severe financial vulnerability among African-American and Latino seniors

Millions of African-American and Latino seniors are living on the edge of financial collapse, according to a new report, Severe Financial Insecurity among African American and Latino Seniors. Released today by the Institute ...

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created May 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sick? Stay home!

(PhysOrg.com) -- The deadline is looming, rumors of layoffs are swarming and you get the flu. Think the heroic thing to do is to go in and “work through the pain?” Wrong! According to Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, medical ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Living longer on less: The new economic (in)security of seniors in Massachusetts

The New Economic (In)Security of Seniors, issued today by the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University finds that Massachusetts seniors face widespread financial insecurity. Almost 7 in 10 senior ...

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created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0