About 3.5 million people have at least temporarily left the U.S. workforce since March 2020. Over one-third of them—1.2 million—are in the leisure and hospitality industry.
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2022
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Have you recently spotted a spider peeking out from a brown, curled-up leaf in your garden?
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2022
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A recent analysis published in Economic Inquiry found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. women with school-age children suffered losses in employment (and reduced work hours) to a greater extent than men. Male-female ...
Economics & Business
Jan 6, 2022
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The villainous boss memes, workday gripes, and big corporation throwdowns shoot fast and furious on the Reddit forum r/antiwork, which has become a viral post Howitzer. In one recent post, a Calm app tweet poses this well-meaning ...
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2021
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Global warming and affordable housing are two dominant topics of public debate. Climate protection is achieved by reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Housing is generated through more housing being ...
Materials Science
Nov 9, 2021
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Workplace culture and masculine norms are keeping fathers from asking for flexible working hours, including paid parental leave, according to research from University of South Australia researcher, Dr. Ashlee Borgkvist.
Economics & Business
Nov 5, 2021
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The social safety net is intended to improve the lives of low-income families and individuals. But as assistance programs have become more complex, families face challenges in navigating them. As a result, low-income people ...
Economics & Business
Oct 13, 2021
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A powerful earthquake collapsed at least one coal mine and dozens of mud houses in southwest Pakistan early Thursday, killing at least 23 people as the death toll continued to creep higher. At least another 200 people were ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2021
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More than two-thirds of Australian early childhood educators reported working many extra hours to satisfy regulatory requirements in our 2021 survey. Half did unpaid work during accreditation—the process of demonstrating ...
Economics & Business
Sep 22, 2021
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The return to in-person classrooms this fall may have the unintended consequence of depriving many Canadian high school students of sleep.
Education
Sep 15, 2021
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