The distribution of deficits and surpluses across English colleges Published on 16 January 2025 Although there has been some improvement since 2017, 37% of colleges reported operating in deficit in 2022–23. Education and skills Education Further education
Rethinking the Education Maintenance Allowance: Lessons from a long-term analysis comment This evidence should prompt us to look beyond simple financial incentives for classroom attendance. 10 March 2025
Spending Review 2025: What it means and why it matters podcast We take a closer look at the Spending Review and what the policies mean for public services, investment and the wider economy. 12 June 2025
Sure Start’s wide-ranging and long-lasting benefits highlight the impact of integrated early years services press release Over the long run, Sure Start’s financial benefits could be twice as high as its costs 22 May 2025
What does the Spending Review really mean for FE? comment The chancellor has pledged an extra £1.2 billion annually for FE by 2028-29. But will this be enough to reverse a decade of cuts? 12 June 2025
Council tax hikes will do the heavy lifting comment IFS Senior Research Economist Kate Ogden writes in Municipal Journal about what the 2025 Spending Review will mean for public services and councils. 17 June 2025
Benefits - and costs - of expanding access to free school meals will grow over time comment Expanded access to free school meals will benefit 1.7 million children in the long run, but existing transitional protections limit effects next year. 4 June 2025
The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school working paper This working paper studies the long-run effect of a cash transfer to disadvantaged students on educational attainment, earnings and crime. 26 February 2025
Vog: using volcanic eruptions to estimate the impact of air pollution on student test scores working paper We demonstrate that poor air quality disproportionately impacts the human capital accumulation of economically disadvantaged children. 20 February 2025
Changes in marital sorting: theory and evidence from the US working paper Measuring how assortative matching differs between two economies is difficult, we show how the use of different measures can create different outcomes 27 November 2024
