News tagged with job loss
Gains in consumer confidence continue, depend on job growth
(Phys.org) -- Consumer confidence improved in each of the past nine monthly surveys, rising to its highest level this month since October 2007, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 28, 2012 |
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Offshoring jobs might not threaten the national welfare to the degree publicly perceived, says economist
(Phys.org) -- Sending jobs overseas may not be as damaging to the U.S. economy as commonly believed, according to a study by a University at Buffalo economist.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Environmental crunch 'worse than thought': OECD
Pressures on Earth's ecosystem are now so great that future generations could be doomed to falling living standards, the OECD said on Thursday in a report looking to the mid-century.
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Faced with job loss? Perception is everything
(PhysOrg.com) -- When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually do, says a University of Michigan ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Green spaces reduce stress levels of jobless, study shows
Stress levels of unemployed people are linked more to their surroundings than their age, gender, disposable income, and degree of deprivation, a study shows.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2012 |
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West takes Internet freedom for granted: Google boss
The Internet proved the only true form of free communication during the Arab Spring and yet the West has come to take the freedom it confers for granted, Google boss Eric Schmidt said Friday.
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade
More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Nuclear giant Areva to post 'significant' loss'
French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to announce significant losses when it unveils its new corporate strategy this week, Industry Minister Eric Besson said on Sunday.
Dec 11, 2011 |
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Great Recession could reduce school achievement for children of unemployed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lingering impacts of the Great Recession could include long-term stress, behavioral problems and economic hardship among children of the unemployed, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2011 |
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2008 crisis spurred rise in suicides in Europe
The financial crisis that began to hit Europe in mid-2008 reversed a steady, years-long fall in suicides among people of working age, according to a letter published on Friday by The Lancet.
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Oakland economy is in the early stages of sustained recovery
After posting modest job losses last calendar year following an abysmal 2009, the Oakland County economy should add nearly 29,000 jobs over the next three years—the best years since 2000, say University of Michigan economists.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Fired at fifty: research shows the best way forward
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Bath shows that the way older managers make sense of a sudden job loss dramatically affects how they cope with the experience.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Recovering from job loss: Most report few long-term psychological effects, study finds
Losing a job is a profoundly distressing experience, but the unemployed may be more resilient than previously believed – the vast majority eventually end up as satisfied with life as they were before they lost their ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Job loss can make you sick, new study finds
In the face of rising unemployment and businesses declaring bankruptcy, a new study has found that losing your job can make you sick. Even when people find a new job quickly, there is an increased risk of developing a new ...
May 08, 2009 |
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Toshiba expects bigger loss, contract job cuts
(AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut.
Apr 17, 2009 |
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