<p></p>
Authors
Emla Fitzsimons
Research Fellow University College London
Emla Fitzsimons is a Professor of Economics at the University College London Institute of Education and a Research Fellow at the IFS.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Issue
- October 2007
Suggested citation
Fitzsimons, E. (2007). 'The effects of risk on education in Indonesia' (2007)
More from IFS
Understand this issue
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it: role models influence female junior doctors’ choice of medical specialty
comment
Working alongside a greater share of senior women specialists during an early-career placement influences junior women’s own specialty choice.
24 April 2024
Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make
comment
"More of us may feel little choice but to work a year or two longer than planned." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.
6 November 2023
How did parents’ experiences in the labour market shape children’s social and emotional development during the pandemic?
report
Around 50% of families saw changes in labour market status during the COVID-19 pandemic. This impacted the emotional development of their children.
1 August 2023
Policy analysis
Spring Budget 2024
collection
All our analysis of the Spring Budget 2024. Includes research, comment, explainers and more.
6 March 2024
Three ways to improve the design of the UK’s overseas aid spending target
comment
The UK spent £12.8 billion on aid in 2022. But the way the budget is managed can lead to perverse outcomes. There is definite room for improvement.
18 January 2024
Distributional analysis of Ghana’s tax system
report
This report analyses the distributional impacts of Ghana’s direct and indirect tax systems using the GHATAX microsimulation model.
18 December 2023
Academic research
Keeping the peace whilst getting your way: Information, persuasion and intimate partner violence
working paper
We study the effects on intimate partner violence (IPV) of new information received by men and women, relevant to a high-stakes joint decision.
17 May 2024
Forced displacement, mental health, and child development: Evidence from Rohingya refugees
working paper
In this study, we conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 3,500 Rohingya mother-child pairs in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
10 May 2024
Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony
working paper
Using a cluster-randomised field experiment, this paper investigates the effectiveness of educational entertainment in promoting interethnic harmony.
10 May 2024