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The better off sleep better
Analysis of the early data from Understanding Society based on 14,000 UK households found that overall the best sleep was reported by people with higher levels of education and by married people. The type of work a person does also impacts on sleep…
Lost images of ‘human exhibits’ in Britain discovered
A University of Leicester researcher has discovered two photographic images, presumed lost, of native Americans brought to Britain by Roger Casement a century ago.
Dr Lesley Wylie, Lecturer in Latin American Studies in the School of Modern Lan…
Why do firms raise prices more readily than reducing them?
Chancellors and central bankers face a perennial headache: booms typically cause inflation, while recessions mainly reduce output without reducing prices or inflation. New research helps explains how this problem emerges through the phenomenon of ‘asymmetric price adjustment’ ? the fact that firms are far quicker to increase prices than to cut them.