Study points to fertility as a leading economic indicator
Many research studies have shown that when the economy does well, people have more babies, and when the economy does poorly, they give birth less.
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Feb 26, 2018
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Page 10 - News tagged with recession
The human costs of financial crises: linking market sentiment to human capital loss
Global financial crises and the severe economic hardships they impose on millions of people worldwide can sometimes lead to violent and fatal outcomes, according to a new study from the University of Maine. The research, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2017
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What mitigates the consequences of recession for companies?
Experts of the Higher School of Economics (HSE) have demonstrated that companies with foreign ownership have an easier time overcoming the consequences of economic recessions. The results of the study were presented in the ...
Economics & Business
Nov 3, 2017
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Booms & busts: How the 1980s could've predicted the great recession
Many argue the Great Recession could have been ameliorated through strategic policies, but the government ignored warning signs of coming economic distress. Instead, increased borrowing incited a financial and real estate ...
Economics & Business
Oct 23, 2017
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Boost in collateral, not 'feeling richer,' drives consumers to borrow as home prices rise
When home prices rise, households tend to borrow and spend more. But economists have had trouble identifying exactly what causes that relationship. Is it that when a house becomes worth more, borrowers are able to offer more ...
Economics & Business
Oct 11, 2017
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Discrimination more likely when resources are scarce
At the height of the Great Recession, psychologist Amy Krosch noticed a troubling trend: people of color seemed to be getting much harder hit than the white population on a number of socioeconomic indicators. She wondered ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2017
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Former Intel chief Paul Otellini dies
Intel on Tuesday announced that former chief executive Paul Otellini died in his sleep a day earlier, at the age of 66.
Business
Oct 3, 2017
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More children living in high-poverty neighborhoods following Great Recession
More children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession - a troubling shift because children in these neighborhoods are a year behind academically, according to new research from researchers at ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2017
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Study finds firms that owed more also laid off more workers during the 2007-2009 recession
The debt levels of large companies just before the Great Recession of 2007-2009 are strongly linked to local unemployment spikes during that time, a novel study co-authored by an MIT professor finds—adding another dimension ...
Economics & Business
Mar 2, 2017
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America's youngest children most likely to live in poor economic conditions
Out of all age groups, children are still most likely to live in poverty, according to new research from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Using the ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2017
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