Growth in school spending per pupil and costs between 2019 and 2024–25 under various definitions Published on 10 January 2025 The increase in school spending announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 would take spending per pupil about 3% above its previous high point in 2010. Education and skills Education Schools Government spending
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Funding per student in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and school sixth forms data item Rising student numbers and inflationary pressures mean that funding per student has not increased significantly beyond 2019–20 levels. 13 January 2025
Spending per student in 16–18 colleges and sixth forms (actual and projected for 2025–26) data item Increased funding from the last government only partially offsets the cuts to 16–18 education of the previous decade. 13 January 2025
Repayments by lifetime earnings decile under the system applying for the 2022 university entry cohort data item The lowest-earning 10% of graduates repay around 1.1% of their lifetime earnings, while the highest-earning 10% of graduates repay around 1.2%. 10 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
