Comments on: The Cultural Consequences of Unemployment http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cultural-consequences-of-unemployment/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 07:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nancy http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cultural-consequences-of-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-53868 Nancy Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:45:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8939#comment-53868 Do you suppose that this may have something to do with the tea Party movement? Do you suppose that this may have something to do with the tea Party movement?

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cultural-consequences-of-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-53852 Devon Herrick Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:51:01 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8939#comment-53852 It is just unbelievable to think one-fifth of working-age men do not have a job. I read a study several years ago that analyzed the lifetime job and income prospects of aspiring academics (i.e. PhD graduates) entering the job market during a recession. Their lifetime income was estimated to be much lower due to delayed entry into the job market and the likelihood of accepting a job less prestigious than they otherwise would have accepted (both of which would be perceived as an indicator of a less qualified candidate to future employers). The result wasn’t merely missing a few good paychecks. Rather, it resulted in an earnings and career trajectory that was less steep than similar peers graduating both before, and after, them. This is something that the aforementioned unemployed men will likely face as well. It is just unbelievable to think one-fifth of working-age men do not have a job. I read a study several years ago that analyzed the lifetime job and income prospects of aspiring academics (i.e. PhD graduates) entering the job market during a recession. Their lifetime income was estimated to be much lower due to delayed entry into the job market and the likelihood of accepting a job less prestigious than they otherwise would have accepted (both of which would be perceived as an indicator of a less qualified candidate to future employers).

The result wasn’t merely missing a few good paychecks. Rather, it resulted in an earnings and career trajectory that was less steep than similar peers graduating both before, and after, them. This is something that the aforementioned unemployed men will likely face as well.

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cultural-consequences-of-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-53849 Tom H. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:20:49 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8939#comment-53849 If it were the other way around, and women were taking the brunt of the recession, the story would have been front page, above the fold, in the New York Times. Men on the other hand are expendable in the world of political correctness. If it were the other way around, and women were taking the brunt of the recession, the story would have been front page, above the fold, in the New York Times.

Men on the other hand are expendable in the world of political correctness.

]]> By: Neil H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-cultural-consequences-of-unemployment/comment-page-1/#comment-53848 Neil H. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8939#comment-53848 This is probably the main reason the Democrats are getting creamed in the elections. This is probably the main reason the Democrats are getting creamed in the elections.

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