Employment
Mass Layoffs & Psychological Effects
The Economic Policy Institute's Economic Snapshot for July 1, 2009 concerns employment: Mass layoffs at highest level since at least 1995, by Anna Turner and John Irons.
Mass layoffs — job cuts of 50 or more people by a single employer — are at th… more »
Does It Pay to Be Smart, Attractive, or Confident (or All Three)? A study explores "Relationships Among General Mental Ability, Physical Attractiveness, Core Self-Evaluations, and Income"
Yet, although the inside clearly counts, a plethora of empirical research has demonstrated that when it comes to income, attractiveness makes a difference too. more »
When to Retire, Reconsidered
Pew Research has published a new brief concerning a Social & Demographic Trend entitled The Threshold Generation. What follows are some segments from that release:
"Overall, 37% of full-time employed adults of all ages say they have thought in t… more »