Beware of the First Day of the Month

Alas, the Months come on much faster with each passing year.

Why You’re More Likely to Die After Getting Paid

MATTHEW PHILIPS 7/1/11

Last year, Notre Dame economist William Evans, along withTimothy Moore from the University of Maryland,documented that mortality rates spike by almost one percent on the first day of every month, remain high for the next few days, and then steadily decline over the course of the month. Now they thinks they’ve figured out one reason why: our paychecks are killing us.

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