Earnings and the labour market

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Is Labour's inheritance really worse than expected?

podcast

We assess the Chancellor's statement on Monday about the state of the public finances.

30 July 2024

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

Minimum wages in the UK – how high can they go?

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In the UK today, earnings inequality is substantially higher than it used to be.

30 October 2024

Policy analysis

Growth in core hourly funding and providers’ costs for 3- and 4-year-olds and 2-year-olds

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Recent years have seen a wedge open up between funding rates and provider costs.

10 January 2025

Pressures on public sector pay

report

Over a fifth of government spending goes on pay. We examine recruitment and retention challenges which mean that pressures could mount going forward.

27 September 2024

Delivering better public services may require reforming public sector pay, not just raising it

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Each part of the public sector faces its own challenges, but recruitment and retention issues loom large.

26 September 2024

Academic research

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

Robust inference for the Frisch labor supply

working paper

The Frisch labor supply elasticity plays a key role in many economic policy debates, but its magnitude remains controversial.

21 October 2024

Health shocks, health insurance, human capital, and the dynamics of earnings and health

working paper

We specify and calibrate a life-cycle model of labor supply and savings incorporating health shocks and medical treatment decisions.

21 October 2024