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How can government reduce child poverty?
podcast
We're exploring why there's been an increase in child poverty since 2010 and options the government has to reduce this.
3 October 2024
How to reduce child poverty: compare the policy options
calculator
Use these charts to compare policies for reducing child poverty and to examine how child poverty rates have changed over time across different groups.
3 October 2024
Professor Sir Richard Blundell to give the Marshall Paley Lecture on inequalities
announcement
Professor Sir Richard Blundell will give the lecture on the first phase of the IFS Deaton Review, recently published by Oxford University Press.
27 September 2024
Policy analysis
Free breakfast clubs in schools: what Labour’s plans would mean for pupils and families
comment
Labour’s manifesto promises free breakfast clubs in all primary schools. This comment examines possible benefits and challenges with the policy.
25 June 2024
Pressures on public sector pay
report
Over a fifth of government spending goes on pay. We examine recruitment and retention challenges which mean that pressures could mount going forward.
27 September 2024
Delivering better public services may require reforming public sector pay, not just raising it
press release
Each part of the public sector faces its own challenges, but recruitment and retention issues loom large.
26 September 2024
Academic research
Education and inequality: an international perspective
working paper
Using existing literatures and new empirical evidence, we address whether educational expansion is an effective tool for reducing inequality.
20 September 2024
Health inequality and health types
working paper
We use k-means clustering, a machine learning technique, and Health and Retirement Study data to identify health types during middle and old age.
3 October 2024
Hours of work and the long-run effects of in-work transfers
journal article
We find that reforms incentivising full-time work can significantly boost incomes, including for poorer households, as well as enhance overall welfare
21 August 2024