Education spending Growth in core hourly funding and providers’ costs for 3- and 4-year-olds and 2-year-olds Published on 10 January 2025 Recent years have seen a wedge open up between funding rates and provider costs. Education and skills Education Childcare and early years Pay
Share of apprenticeship budget spent on each apprenticeship level data item The proportion of funding directed to higher-level apprenticeships (level 4 and above) has trebled between 2017–18 and 2021–22 from 13% to 39%. 16 January 2025
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
Minimum wages in the UK – how high can they go? comment In the UK today, earnings inequality is substantially higher than it used to be. 30 October 2024
Spending per pupil or student per year at different stages of education (2024–25 prices) data item This chart compares the trends in public spending per student on various stages of education over time in England. 16 January 2025
Hourly funding rate for ‘Preparation for work and life’ and ‘Health, public services and care’ courses data item The new funding rates for the 2024–25 academic year establish a consistent hourly rate, simplifying the funding system. 16 January 2025
Projecting options for 16–18 education spending per student after 2025, 2009–10 = 1 data item To maintain spending per student at 2025–26 levels, total funding would need to rise by almost £200 million in today's prices by the end of 2027–28. 16 January 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
The effects of youth clubs on education and crime working paper Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime. 12 November 2024
Household responses to trade shocks working paper We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales. 12 November 2024
