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Policy analysis

Employment rates by local authority, year to June 2024
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Employment rates of 15–64-year-olds in OECD countries, 2016 to 2023
There is a sizeable gap between the UK’s employment rate of 75% and the top four countries who have achieved an 80% employment rate.
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Employment rates in the UK and the four frontier countries, by age and gender, 2005 to 2023
The employment rate gaps for 15-24-year-olds and 55-64-year-olds together explain three quarters of the difference in employment rates between the UK.
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Academic research

Wage effects of means-tested transfers: Incidence implications of using firms as intermediaries
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Firm quality and health maintenance
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18 December 2024

Tax preferences and housing affordability: Exploration using a life-cycle model
We present a dynamic life-cycle model of demand for housing, including owner occupied housing, investment property and liquid assets.
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