The idea of a single ‘tipping point’ for the RAB charge is misleading

Understand this issue

The Autumn Statement explained

podcast

We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.

24 November 2023

Debt can be redefined but it won’t disappear. Hard decisions are needed

comment

"The bind is a real one. Both we and our political leaders need to face up to it." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

23 October 2023

The economic picture facing the Chancellor

podcast

We look at the underlying economic situation facing the Chancellor following the publication of our IFS Green Budget 2023 report.

18 October 2023

Policy analysis

Annual report on education spending in England: 2023

report

Our sixth annual report on education spending shows changes over time across different stages of education, as well as geographic differences.

11 December 2023

Schools serving disadvantaged children have faced the biggest funding cuts

press release

Our annual education spending report finds that rising costs are placing increasing pressure on all areas of education.

11 December 2023

Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education

report

We examine how less affluent students perform compared with their more affluent peers in PISA tests, ahead of the new data release in December 2023.

16 November 2023

Academic research

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

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

First generation elite: the role of school networks

working paper

This paper shows differences in social capital are a key driver of the high intergenerational persistence in elite education.

5 May 2023