Losing your job is bad for you, but it could be good for the rest of us. because a study shows the recession lowers mortality in the population over all, even the out-working indiviuals is risking death rises.

 

That paradoxical findings appear in the American journal of . It's easy to imagine depression could pave the way to, but can jobless realy improve society suvival ? To find out, researchers ex from the us department of labor and 20 years survey so called. 

 

And they found job losses link to a 73% rise of probably death for the newly unemployed. The 10 years. At the same time, passing , the reseachers found people in general and next year for each percentage point rise on employment.

 

One possible when the economy strong, people commute more and sleep less. Raising the risk of car crashes and job injuries. Such accidents are less likely when folks siting on the couchs and polishing their resumes.

 

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