Reports

This report describes new research on the impact of different pre-school experiences on academic outcomes at the end of Key Stage 4 (KS4, age 16) and relates this to the potential longer-term economic benefits for both the individuals themselves and the exchequer.

In this briefing note we use data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) to describe patterns of employment and self-employment among people aged between 50 and 74 in England in 2012–13.

In this report, we distinguish between factors affecting mainly the demand for older workers and those affecting mainly the supply of older workers. However, in practice, it is very difficult to disentangle the effects of the two.

This report estimates the impact of free, universal pre-school education for three year olds on maternal labour supply in England.

This note summarises the results of two related research projects. With funding from the ESRC through its Secondary Data Analysis Initiative, and the Nuffield Foundation, Jo Blanden (University of Surrey), Emilia Del Bono (University of Essex), Kirstine Hansen (Institute of Education), Sandra McNally (University of Surrey) and Birgitta Rabe (University of Essex) investigated the impact of free early education on children’s development.

This research looks at the impact of changes to financial support for students in higher education

In this briefing note, we estimate the value of employer-provided pensions and compare their value between public and private sector workers, and over time. We then assess what effect the incorporation of the value of workplace pensions has on the estimated differential between remuneration in the public and private sectors when measured just using pay. We also document how this changes over time and how it varies across different groups of the population.

This report focuses on trends in public sector pay and compares these with what has been happening in the private sector.

New research from CMPO, IFS and the University of Cambridge suggests families with lower socio-economic status have less access to higher performing schools than families with higher socio-economic status.

Ellen Greaves stresses the value of using national pupil data to improve education research and policy.

On the 7th of July 2005 (henceforth 7/7), four extremist Islamic terrorist bombers targeted London's transport network, killing 52 passengers and injuring hundreds more. Using prerecorded statements, the bombers threatened further acts of terrorism. Indeed, just 2 weeks later, a further four suicide bombers attempted but failed to execute similar attacks.

David Phillips discusses IFS research on how welfare policy might be funded in an independence scenario, drawing our attention to potential funding challenges.

This study examines British households to assess how they have adjusted to changes in the economic environment.

We develop novel methods for estimation and filtering of continuous-time models with stochastic volatility and jumps using so-called Approximate Bayesian Compu- tation which build likelihoods based on limited information.

In this report summary, we outline key findings of a new IFS working paper which uses detailed data on households’ histories of employment, earnings and contributions to the National Insurance (NI) system to examine the degree of intragenerational redistribution achieved by the UK state pension system for a cohort born in the 1930s.

This report assesses what options are available for evaluating the labour market impacts of Universal Credit, and considers whether a credible quantitative evaluation is feasible and worthwhile based on a hypothetical roll-out scenario provided by DWP.

This report is one of a series of research papers that form the final outputs from the independent evaluation of the recent changes to Local Housing Allowances (LHAs) and Housing Benefit in the private rented sector in Great Britain.

This report analyses government statistics about the distribution of income in the UK (Households Below Average Incomes or HBAI).

This report is an updated analysis of the personal tax and benefit reforms implemented, or due to be implemented, by the UK’s coalition government from when it was elected in May 2010 up to and including April 2015.

The OECD has launched a project to tackle tax avoidance by companies. Helen Miller looks at how it will work and its chances of success. This article was published in 'Financial World' magazine.