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Bloomberg: currency
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/bloomberg-currency/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 Implied volatility in some major currency pairs has fallen below realized volatility. The dollar-yen 6-month realized versus implied spread was the widest in four years on Sept. 26.
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Find health and social care statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/find-health-and-social-care-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Sources of Social Statistics: Health Services and Public Health Where can you find the latest data on a range of UK social welfare and topics? This useful briefing...
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Which employers did not pay the minimum wage?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/which-employers-did-not-pay-the-minimum-wage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 View the list released by the UK government . Their website also covers regulation .
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The EU referendum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/the-eu-referendum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 An interesting article in the Conversation considers 40 years of polling history. Use the blog to follow the conversation on what exit will mean.
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Access to Middle East and Islamic resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/15/access-to-middle-east-and-islamic-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2013 http://amirmideast.blogspot.co.uk/ Useful blog highlighting open access resources in this area. Journals covering all subject areas. Created by USA libraries.
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Income and Equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/21/income-and-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2014 The Work Foundation Launch Low Pay Project The site offers online recent papers and low pay data. Also on this topic, The Office for National Statistics has long-term wage data.
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IMF gender equality data tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/imf-gender-equality-data-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 IMF has conducted the first-ever global review of policymakers’ use of tax and spending policies to promote gender equality and has released an online database toolkit of gender...
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Social Media and Sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/social-media-and-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 This week a report published by Demos discussed the extent of misogyny on Twitter . You can read the full text on the website.
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Which areas of the UK are the most vibrant (economically)?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/which-areas-of-the-uk-are-the-most-vibrant-economically/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 Find out by consulting The Vibrant Economy Index, a new resource launched recently by Grant Thornton which aims to measure and rank the economic and social well being or vibrancy of...
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ecampaigning forum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/23/ecampaigning-forum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2011 http://www.ecampaigningforum.com/ An annual event where practitioners share advice and expertise on how to use social media in campaigning. The 2011 website http://ecflive.fairsay.