Tax options for 1993: the Green Budget

Understand this issue

Behind the numbers: reassessing investment in skills and training

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"There are concrete steps, such as reforming the Apprenticeship Levy, that the government should take to improve the existing skills system."

12 October 2023

IFS response to the Prime Minister's proposed Advanced British Standard education reform

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The Prime Minister's proposed Advanced British Standard is an ambitious reform.

4 October 2023

Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make

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"More of us may feel little choice but to work a year or two longer than planned." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

6 November 2023

Policy analysis

The changing geography of jobs

report

This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.

13 November 2023

Schools serving disadvantaged children have faced the biggest funding cuts

press release

Our annual education spending report finds that rising costs are placing increasing pressure on all areas of education.

11 December 2023

Annual report on education spending in England: 2023

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Our sixth annual report on education spending shows changes over time across different stages of education, as well as geographic differences.

11 December 2023

Academic research

First generation elite: the role of school networks

working paper

This paper shows differences in social capital are a key driver of the high intergenerational persistence in elite education.

5 May 2023

The effects of pension reforms on physician labour supply: Evidence from the English NHS

working paper

We examine labour supply responses of senior doctors following a pension reform that moved NHS staff from a final salary to career average pension.

29 September 2023

Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers

working paper

We highlight the importance of social skills as a driver for wage growth for UK workers few educational qualifications.

19 September 2023