News tagged with labour market
Couples are better able to cope with health shocks than singles: study
Marital status plays a significant role in how individuals cope economically with disability and health shocks, according to a working paper by University of British Columbia economists Giovanni Gallipoli and Laura Turner.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers
Working for the public sector is good for fertility, according to new Economic and Social Research Council funded research at the University of Oxford. The study, which examined patterns of employment and childbearing decisions ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Engaged employees deliver improved business performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research indicates that in the UK and US as many as 70% of employees may not be engaged at work. Therefore, it is not surprising that employee engagement has become something of a hot topic amongst business ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Study says West Midlands bearing brunt of recession and will take longest to recover
New research by the University of Warwick Institute for Employment Research shows that says West Midlands is bearing brunt of recession in the UK and is the region that will take longest to recover.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Do labour market trends worsen mental health in the young?
Mental health in young people worsens in line with trends in the labour market. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied data from 1985 to 2002 and found that, across ten European countrie ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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A combination of education methods could be the key for some students aiming for higher education
Dr Geoff Hayward from Oxford University funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, who led the research points out, a high proportion of those with combined academic and vocational qualifications gained their qualifications ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Does Size Matter? Study shows Taller People Earn More Money
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taller men are able to earn more money than their shorter counterparts simply because taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful, this according to a study published in The Economic Re ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Financial crisis increases suicides and homicides
Market crashes could lead to rises in homicides and suicides, unless governments invest in labour market protections, according to a study published in today's Lancet.
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Strict labor market regulation increases global unemployment, study shows
Tight labour market regulation increases unemployment all over the world, finds a study of 73 countries by the University of Bath.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 17, 2009 |
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New study on biethnicity in the workplace
New research carried out at the University of Leicester suggests that Barack Obama has become a 'glorious mascot' for biethnic people seeking to achieve in the workplace.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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