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Everyone knows how damaging unemployment can be to your mental health, but now health care professionals are acknowledging that it can be hard on your physical health as well. A study recently ...
Unemployment has been linked to extremely adverse effects on men's mental health. [100] Professor Ian Hickie of the University of Sydney said that evidence showed that men have more restricted social networks than women and that men have are heavily work-based. Therefore, the loss of a job for men means the loss of a whole set of social ...
Unemployment can have adverse health effects. One study indicated that a 1% increase in the unemployment rate can increase mortality among working-aged males by 6%. Similar effects were not noted for women or the elderly, who had lower workforce attachment.
COVID concerns and restrictions are more likely to keep out-of-work Americans from looking for a job than the enhanced unemployment benefits.
Political and business decisions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have had a distinct impact on low wage workers in industries including retail. New research quantifying this impact has shown ...
Education is a major social determinant of health, with educational attainment related to improved health outcomes, due to its effect on income, employment, and living conditions. [56] [57] [58] [1] Social resources, such as education, determine life expectancy and infant mortality, which measures health. [59]
Six months into the pandemic, some laid-off workers find themselves waiting weeks or even months to receive their unemployment benefits. “I'm living with my mother now, out of necessity,” said ...
Social Protection: Interventions such as "health-related cash transfers", maternal education, and nutrition-based social protections have been shown to have a positive impact on health outcomes. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] However, the full economic costs and impacts generated of social security interventions are difficult to evaluate, especially as many ...