Xiaowei Xu

Hidden NEETs are much closer to the labour market than NEETs who are claiming benefits

New research on NEETs who do not claim benefits finds this group have much better employment prospects. 

The goal is to tailor these to the needs of local industries and to combine skills training with practical work experience.

We ask why the UK has such large regional divides, how they emerged, and what policymakers can realistically do to fix them.

Recent fall in youth employment is approaching the decline seen during COVID and the 2008 financial crisis.

The IFS-Deaton Review’s final workshop, where we explored the review's findings and their policy implications in the UK context.

Drawing on the IFS Deaton Review of inequalities, this report sets out a policy toolkit and applications to education, jobs, geography and wealth.

This comment analyses the government’s new youth employment package, which expands youth wage subsidies and introduces apprenticeship reforms.

This comment explores how young workers are matched to firms in local labour markets in England, using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset

Lifetime happiness trend changes as youth mental health suffers

Summary of new research on the scale and sources of regional inequalities and policy implications. 

We study the reasons for rising in-work poverty in the 25 years up to the pandemic.

The Chancellor's second Budget will be a tricky one. The fiscal outlook has deteriorated, raising the prospect of spending cuts or further tax rises. 

Enhanced unemployment insurance to reward jobseekers while reducing support for long-term claimants of contributory disability benefits

The government’s reform to contributory benefits rewards jobseekers at expense of those with long-term disabilities, and could save billions annually.

An assessment of the government’s plan to guarantee work placements for long-term unemployed young people.