Will economic uncertainty make you save more — or spend more? The answer may depend on your childhood experience, a new …
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The Motherhood Penalty: We’re in the Midst of a ‘Mom-Cession’
Married mothers find it harder to secure a new job after being laid off and when they do, they earn less than married fathers
Stay-at-Home Dads: No More Angst. These Guys Love What They Do
The proportion of stay-at-home dads has doubled in the past decade. Contrary to popular belief, these fellas aren’t at home with the kids because they got laid off and had nothing better to do. Being a full-time father is a …
The Case for Letting Grown Children Move Back Home
It may be time to cut those “boomerang kids” some slack. Despite the negative stereotypes of lazy millennials and their helicopter parents, it turns out that having grown children move back home isn’t such a bad thing. A new …
Why the Recession May Trigger More Depression Among Men
It’s a well-established fact that women are at higher risk for depression than men, but that may soon change, says a psychiatrist at Emory University.
Do Tight Times Make Close Marriages?
Most partnerships, business or personal, are easy when money is easy. The lucre seems to take the sting out of any disagreements, and, frankly, the cost of disharmony is too high. But according to a new report from the National …
Wealth and Health From a $1 Cigarette Tax
If you’re looking for a true stinker of a campaign slogan, you couldn’t do much better than “Vote for me, I’ll raise your taxes!” (Don’t believe it? Ask Walter Mondale. It ain’t easy to lose 49 states.) But suppose you changed …
More American Families Rely on Working Wife
In the upcoming movie Made In Dagenham, current Brit eccentric darling Sally Hawkins plays Rita O’Grady, a factory worker and mother of two, who inspires 187 women machinists at Ford’s Dagenham plant in England to go out on …
Side Effect of the Recession: An Increase in Child Abuse
Losing your job when the economy takes a dip can have some damaging effects on your health; the stress, anxiety and depression among the unemployed has been linked to heart disease and an increased risk of suicide. But according …
Drop in U.S. birth rate linked to economic slump
After steadily growing from 2003 to 2006 and reaching an all-time high in 2007, the U.S. birth rate declined in 2008, coinciding with the economic downturn, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. Utilizing 2008 birth and economic data available for 25 states, researchers noticed that in most states the birth rate
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