The evolution of wages in the United Kingdom: evidence from micro data

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Rethinking the Education Maintenance Allowance: Lessons from a long-term analysis

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This evidence should prompt us to look beyond simple financial incentives for classroom attendance.

10 March 2025

Do tariffs work?

podcast

We discuss the economic consequences of tariffs, why governments use them, and whether they actually achieve their intended goals.

23 January 2025

How can we make government more productive?

podcast

How can the public sector do more with less? We explore productivity trends, government reform and lessons from private sector innovation.

3 December 2024

Policy analysis

How can policy boost productivity growth?

conference 25 March 2025 at 09:30

At this policy conference, four panels of experts will give their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.

The short- and long-run effects of the Education Maintenance Allowance

report

This report studies the long-run effect of the Education Maintenance Allowance on educational attainment, earnings and crime.

26 February 2025

Scottish public sector employment and pay

report

How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?

18 February 2025

Academic research

The menopause "penalty"

working paper

We show that a menopause diagnosis leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment, alongside greater reliance on social transfers.

21 March 2025

The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school

working paper

This working paper studies the long-run effect of a cash transfer to disadvantaged students on educational attainment, earnings and crime.

26 February 2025

Household responses to trade shocks

working paper

We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales.

12 November 2024