Tag: unemployment

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“Families often serve as the first line of defense against adverse events,” a RAND study starts out. In this case, the researchers are talking about a mother who protects her unemployed adult child by providing financial assistance, a request that’s not easy for a mother to resist. RAND researchers Kathryn Edwards and Jeffrey Wenger find…

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One way baby boomers adjust to longer lifespans and inadequate retirement savings is to continue working. There’s just one problem: it can be more difficult for some people in their 50s and 60s to get or hold on to a job. But things are improving. The job market is on a tear – 300,000 peo…