Education spending Total real-terms spending on free entitlement hours in England Published on 10 January 2025 Total spending on the free entitlement doubled during the 2000s, and then more than doubled again during the 2010s. Education and skills Education Childcare and early years
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
Childcare and the early years: what are the new entitlements and how will they be delivered? explainer IFS Associate Director Christine Farquharson explains. 1 July 2024
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
