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Why are universities in financial trouble?
21 August 2024
The school funding challenges awaiting the new government
5 July 2024
Levelling up: it’s time to step up
30 June 2024
Policy analysis
Comparing the systems applying for the 2022 and 2024 university entry cohorts
Under the new system, student loans will become cheaper for high-earning graduates and more expensive for those with lower earnings.
10 January 2025
Funding per student in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and school sixth forms
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)
Increased funding from the last government only partially offsets the cuts to 16–18 education of the previous decade.
13 January 2025
Academic research
Changes in marital sorting: theory and evidence from the US
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
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
We study the interaction of retraining and international trade in Germany, a highly open economy with extensive state-subsidized retraining programs.
28 October 2024