What do we know about the impact of working from home on productivity?

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Big firm, little firm: are differences between companies driving inequality and holding back growth?

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Debates about inequality often focus on inequalities between people. But what about inequalities between firms?

30 August 2023

Levelling up: it’s time to step up

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The gap in employment rates between the best- and worst-performing areas is at its widest since 2005, says Christine Farquharson.

30 June 2024

Disability, illness and pain are real problems for the entire economy

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"Tackling them should be near the top of any list of social and economic priorities." Paul Johnson writes in the Times.

28 August 2023

Policy analysis

Increase in employer National Insurance contributions by employee earnings, 2025–26

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The increases in employer National Insurance means that employers will have to pay an additional £900 for each employee on median average earnings. 

30 October 2024

Proportional increase in employer cost by employee earnings, 2025–26

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The cut in the point at which employer NICs is paid means the largest percentage rise in labour costs is for employing lower-wage workers.

30 October 2024

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024

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How do rising mortgage rates and differential inflation affect incomes and poverty? How have incomes and poverty changed for pensioners?

25 July 2024

Academic research

Wage effects of means-tested transfers: Incidence implications of using firms as intermediaries

working paper

We show that how countries disburse tax credits matters for economic incidence by exploiting reform to the disbursement of child benefits in Argentina

22 October 2024

The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous

working paper

We study the heterogeneous impact of subsequent demand shifts on wages and employment in Germany.

28 June 2024

Very weak income growth for poor pensioners has meant rising pensioner poverty since 2011

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This report examines the key trends in pensioner incomes and poverty over the past two decades.

19 July 2024