Security assurance is a critical requirement for QoS or SLA satisfactions in risky grid environments because jobs may be scheduled to multiple machines across different distributed administrative domains. Unlike conventional methods using fixed-number job replications, in this paper, we propose a security-aware parallel and independent job scheduling algorithm based on adaptive job replications...

Job loss comes with large present value earnings losses which elude workhorse models of unemployment and labor market policy. I propose a parsimonious model frictional in jobs differ terms risk workers search off‐ on‐the‐job. This gives rise to job ladder slippery bottom rungs where spells beget spells. allow for human capital respond time spent out work estimate the framework on German Social ...

BACKGROUND In the general population, job insecurity may be as harmful to health as unemployment. Some evidence suggests that employment is associated with better health outcomes among people with HIV, but it is not known whether job security offers additional quality-of-life benefits beyond the benefits of employment alone. METHODS We used baseline data for 1660 men and 270 women who partici...