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Education and skills

Our work on Education and Skills aims to understand what matters for the healthy development of children, from infancy to young adulthood. It tracks education spending in various stages of education and assesses the effectiveness of government policies at improving children’s outcomes and inequalities therein.

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The effect of classroom rank on learning throughout elementary school: experimental evidence from Ecuador

Working Paper

We study the impact of classroom rank on children’s learning using a unique experiment from Ecuador.

8 August 2023

How did parents’ experiences in the labour market shape children’s social and emotional development during the pandemic?

Report

Around 50% of families saw changes in labour market status during the COVID-19 pandemic. This impacted the emotional development of their children.

1 August 2023

Parental labour market instability and children's mental health during the pandemic

Working Paper

In this paper we study the impact of the COVID pandemic on the mental health of school-age children in England.

1 August 2023

Student loans in England explained and options for reform

Explainer

How does the student loan system currently work in England, what will change for new students in 2023, and what are some of the options for reform?

20 July 2023

Exploiting discontinuities in secondary school attendance to evaluate value added

Working Paper

We use a new empirical strategy to test various measures of school effectiveness in England.

19 July 2023

Tax, private school fees and state school spending

Report

This report compares private school fees and state school spending. It also examines Labour’s proposals to remove tax exemptions from private schools.

11 July 2023

Need, funding and geographic inequalities

Presentation

This LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England.

5 July 2023

Teacher recruitment, training and retention: submission to the Education Select Committee

Report

This report was submitted to the Education Select Committee for their inquiry on teacher recruitment, training and retention in England.

20 June 2023

The economics of immigration

Podcast

Recently, the government announced record net migration figures. Paul Johnson speaks to Madeleine Sumption, a political scientist, to get the facts.

8 June 2023

Government spending has long been targeted at the poorest in our society

Comment

Paul Johnson writes for The Times on how taking account of public service spending is critical to assessing the government's redistribution of wealth.

5 June 2023