Dr Claire Crawford

These evaluation reports analyse the impact, delivery and value for money of a two-year pilot that tested two different approaches to extending access to free school meals (FSM).

In this article we assess whether there are differences in early measures of cognitive and socio-emotional development between children born to cohabiting and married couples, and if so, whether marriage is the cause of these differences.

Every funding system creates incentives for some individuals to behave in particular ways, and systems for financing Special Educational Needs (SEN) are no different. In this short note, we examine the incentives that systems for financing special educational needs can create for different individuals.

The aim of this report is to provide evidence on the impact of local labour market conditions in general - and the national minimum wage (NMW) in particular - on the education and labour market choices of young people in the UK.

In this paper, we analyse the consequences and determinants of cognitive and non-cognitive (social) skills at age 7, using data for Great Britain from the National Child Development Study. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, Chicago, January 2012, as part of a session on 'The Impact of Early Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills on Later Outcomes'.

In the context of a difficult 2011 labour market, this report examines the early educational and labour market transitions made by young people.

A DfE research brief from the Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions (CAYT).

This appendix accompanies IFS Briefing Note 122.

The aim of this report is to identify the effect of month of birth on a range of key skills and behaviours amongst young people growing up in England today.

In this short note, we examine the incentives that systems for financing special educational needs can create for different individuals.