Despite increasing numbers of young people taking a gap year, there is little evidence on the characteristics of gap year takers, their motivations for taking a gap year,what they do whilst they are out of education and what effect this decision has on their longer-term outcomes. This report aims to fill these gaps, by providing quantitative evidence from two datasets on gap year takers in the UK.
This report examines a range of quantitative evidence to shed light on how current older cohorts of defined contribution (DC) pension fund holders are approaching and deadline with retirement and annuitisation.
Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have found some similarities as well as some stark differences between the response of households to the current recession and the previous two.
This report forms part of research to establish a long-term expertise in the use of competition and market mechanisms in health care – both in the NHS in England and internationally.
This briefing note indicates the fiscal consequences that the Scottish people will need to consider in making a decision over whether to seek independence from the UK.
This Note examines what happened to HE participation overall and at highstatus institutions following the increase in tuition fees (and accompanying changes to student support and other policies designed to 'widen' participation) that occurred in 2006-07.
