Earnings and the labour market

Understand this issue

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

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

Growth and cutting inequality must go hand in hand for Labour

comment

"Labour’s manifesto may barely mention it, but consideration of inequality must nevertheless be at the heart of its agenda." Paul Johnson in the FT.

23 July 2024

Policy analysis

How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?

report

How well – or badly – has the UK fared on the 12 levelling up missions? We examine early progress and the scale of the challenge ahead.

19 June 2024

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

press release

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

26 September 2024

Academic research

Hours of work and the long-run effects of in-work transfers

journal article

We find that reforms incentivising full-time work can significantly boost incomes, including for poorer households, as well as enhance overall welfare

21 August 2024

The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous

working paper

We study the heterogeneous impact of subsequent demand shifts on wages and employment in Germany.

28 June 2024

Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages

working paper

We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US.

15 April 2024