Education spending Growth in real-terms spending on the free entitlement for 3- and 4-year-olds Published on 10 January 2025 While spending per place and total spending have doubled since 2009, spending per hour is around 23% higher by 2023–24. Education and skills Education Childcare and early years
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
The school funding challenges awaiting the new government comment There’s little time to celebrate for Labour’s education team because they face immediate challenges on teacher pay and school funding 5 July 2024
The distribution of deficits and surpluses across English colleges data item Although there has been some improvement since 2017, 37% of colleges reported operating in deficit in 2022–23. 16 January 2025
Public spending on adult education and skills (actual and projected for 2024–25) data item Public funding for adult skills has declined significantly since its peak in the early 2000s. 16 January 2025
Participation in classroom-based further education qualifications by adults (19+) in England data item There have been large and sustained reductions to public spending on classroom-based learning over time. 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
Schooled by trade? Retraining and import competition working paper We study the interaction of retraining and international trade in Germany, a highly open economy with extensive state-subsidized retraining programs. 28 October 2024
