The economics of higher education

Published on 22 November 2021

As part of this year’s Festival of Social Science, IFS delivered a public economic talk on "The economics of higher education" aimed at final year undergraduates studying economics.

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Why do so many young people decide to go to university? Why do governments subsidise them? Who does and who does not benefit financially from higher education? This lecture explored these central questions in the economics of higher education in the context of recent IFS research on the financial gains to degrees in the UK.

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Ben Waltmann
Ben Waltmann

Senior Research Economist

Ben's main research areas are tax and social protection in developing countries, higher education, and dynamic discrete choice models.

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IFS

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Waltmann, B. (2021). 'The economics of higher education' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/economics-higher-education (accessed: 19 April 2024).

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