Emergency federal dollars given to the unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic bolstered health care spending as jobless rates skyrocketed, a new University of Michigan study found.
Economics & Business
Oct 12, 2021
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The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2013
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Welfare and Unemployment Insurance, considered important parts of Americans' safety net during difficult financial times, have provided little to no help for many low-wage earners who have the shortest distance to fall. Poor ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2011
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With the global economy in a state of unrest, saving money seems to be an obvious strategy for households to protect themselves. But are global households saving enough? Researchers at the University of Missouri have compared ...
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The worst of the economic recession may be behind us, but the unemployment rate stubbornly remains around 10 percent, the highest since the early 1980s (the Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release its ...
Economics & Business
Jan 5, 2010
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The Hartz IV reform of the German labor market has been one of the most controversial reforms in the history of the reunited Federal Republic of Germany. It has been widely seen as the end of the welfare state leading into ...
Economics & Business
Nov 7, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Michigan study suggests that provisions in a federal economic stimulus plan falls short of fully bringing vulnerable unemployed workers into the unemployment insurance program.
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2010
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To understand Hong Kong youth's opinions on employment, poverty, a decent life, and related policies, as well as their income and expenditure, a recent survey, entitled "How low is the minimum wage? Report on Employment Dilemmas ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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The COVID-19 outbreak appears headed for the U.S., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging Americans to prepare now, such as by stocking up on food and prescription drugs.
Economics & Business
Mar 2, 2020
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Twenty-two percent of Los Angeles County tenants paid rent late at least once from April to July and about 7% did not pay any rent at least once between May and July, according to a joint UCLA-USC report released Monday as ...
Economics & Business
Sep 1, 2020
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