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17 May 2012
Well-being: David Cameron's happiness index
On the OUPblog, Siobhan Farmer and Barbara Hanratty the authors of a new study in the Journal of Public Health discuss well-being - the concept, application, and reality for young people.
14 May 2012
Smallpox: the facts
On the 14th May 1496, the British doctor Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination to James Phipps, an eight-year-old boy. To mark the anniversary, the OUP Blog speaks with Martin S. Hirsch, MD, FIDSA. Dr. Hirsch is editor-in-chief of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of infectious diseases and immunology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.
11 May 2012
Immigration helps average UK wages but holds back wages of the least well paid
A new study by economists Christian Dustmann, Tommaso Frattini and Ian Preston, entitled “The Effect of Immigration along the Distribution of Wages” and published in the journal Review of Economic Studies, has analysed the effect of immigration on the wages of UK-born workers along the entire distribution of wages. The evidence suggest that immigration in the UK has contributed positively to average wage growth of UK-born workers but that, while benefiting workers in the middle and upper part of the wage distribution, it put downward pressure on wages of workers at the bottom of the wage distribution. While beneficial to the average UK-born worker it may have widened wage gaps at the lower end
11 May 2012
English Historical Review: ‘The Unholy Mrs Knight’ and the BBC
On the OUPblog, Callum Brown talks about the threat to the ‘Christian Nation’ that occurred in 1955 when Margaret Knight became the first female atheist to be allowed to broadcast her views in Britain.
10 May 2012
International Journal of Epidemiology: Birth: the importance of being on time
On the OUPblog, the author of a new study in the International Journal of Epidemiology looks at the complications associated with post-term births.
9 May 2012
Investigators Trace of Role Reusable Grocery Bag in Norovirus Outbreak
Oregon investigators recently mapped the trail of an outbreak of a nasty stomach bug among participants in a girls’ soccer tournament to a reusable open top grocery bag stored in a hotel bathroom. Their findings, which illustrate the role that inanimate objects can play in spreading norovirus infection, appear in The Journal of Infectious Diseases and are now available online.