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Unprecedently large numbers of people both lost and found jobs in the United States. Other advanced economies have protected firms and jobs to a greater degree, reducing churn…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263907
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Biles provided a high-profile but not uncommon example of the deterioration of individual wellbeing in the United States. Many public health indicators were pointing in that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263158
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Malaysia was downgraded to ‘Tier 3’ -- the lowest category -- over alleged forced labour involving migrant workers in some of its plantations and factories. Thailand was demoted…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263094
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However, interest-rate-sensitive sectors such as home improvement are suffering the largest sales declines, according to weekly credit-card spending data. Housing prices also are…
The pandemic is swelling the ranks of 'digital nomads', who take their job with them as they move to and between places with lower living costs and more amenable lifestyles.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267725
ISSN: 2633-304X
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This was about 40% of the number in November, when Meta became the first ‘big tech’ firm to trim the over-hiring of the pandemic period and reassure investors that it was cutting…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275805
ISSN: 2633-304X
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US regional economic disparities.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242084
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Estimates of income rather than output, of household rather than firms' employment, and of real rather than nominal wages often diverge, but the gap has widened since the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284606
ISSN: 2633-304X
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With more than 50 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada meeting Amazon's minimum population requirement of at least 1 million, cities across the continent have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225159
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Quantifying digital consumption.