How can job loss be bad for health, and recession be good for it?
- Written by Ann Huff Stevens, Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis
Several studies have shown that health suffers after being laid off, as fear and anxiety lead to stress.VGstockstudio/Shutterstock.com There’s no better time than Labor Day to think about the critical role that work – both our own jobs and the labor of others – plays in all of our lives. But this role is surprisingly complex:...
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