The childcare tax credit

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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

The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government

podcast

We speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.

25 April 2024

Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away

comment

"We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.

15 April 2024

Policy analysis

Recent trends in and the outlook for health-related benefits

report

Recipients of and spending on health-related benefits have risen rapidly since the start of the pandemic, posing a serious challenge for policymakers.

19 April 2024

4.2 million working-age people now claiming health-related benefits, could rise by 30% by the end of the decade

press release

Our new report sheds more light on forecasts for a substantial increase in the number of people claiming health-related benefits in coming years.

19 April 2024

Progression of nurses within the NHS

report

This report examines the career progression of NHS nurses, how this compares with that of other NHS staff groups and how this has changed over time.

12 April 2024

Academic research

Imagine your life at 25: Gender conformity and later-life outcomes

working paper

We analyse thousands of essays written by 11-year-old girls in 1969 to assess conformity with gender norms and its implications for future outcomes.

24 April 2024

A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice

working paper

In this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations.

24 April 2024

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