Layoffs affect men and women differently Layoffs affect men and women differently

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As the unemployment numbers rise, men and women are facing challenges of finding a suitable job. Some say the sting of layoffs is harder for men, but in a 2002 study cited earlier this year in The New York Times, Wichita State sociologists Chuck Koeber and David Wright found that women who were laid off and went on to look for another job were re-employed less often than men in the same position.

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