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Election Special: Your questions answered
podcast
In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy.
27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained
podcast
We discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained
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We discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
12 June 2024
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General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis
event 24 June 2024
IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop
workshop 4 July 2024
This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024
event 25 July 2024
This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
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Education and skills

Our work on Education and Skills aims to understand what matters for the healthy development of children, from infancy to young adulthood. It tracks education spending in various stages of education and assesses the effectiveness of government policies at improving children’s outcomes and inequalities therein.

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What has been happening with university finances?

Explainer

IFS Associate Director Christine Farquharson explains.

27 June 2024

Free breakfast clubs in schools: what Labour’s plans would mean for pupils and families

Comment

Labour’s manifesto promises free breakfast clubs in all primary schools. This comment examines possible benefits and challenges with the policy.

25 June 2024

Higher education finances: how have they fared, and what options will an incoming government have?

Report

The next government faces difficult choices on higher education funding, with tuition fees frozen and international student recruitment falling.

22 June 2024

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

The uncertain course for school and college funding over the next parliament

Comment

This piece analyses the 2024 general election manifesto commitments on school and college funding from the main UK political parties.

19 June 2024

Labour’s plans to build childcare spaces in schools will nudge the market in a different direction – but not transform it

Comment

The plans announced today may nudge the childcare market in a different direction – but certainly won’t transform it.

9 June 2024

Election Special: Is there a 'conspiracy of silence' between both parties?

Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the tight fiscal situation after the next budget, and also look at how the education system is faring.

6 June 2024

The state of education: what awaits the next government?

Report

The next government will inherit a mixed legacy: England is one of the world’s top performers in school attainment but there are deep inequalities.

6 June 2024

School spending in England: a guide to the debate during the 2024 general election

Report

This report seeks to inform the debate on school funding during the 2024 general election by analysing past trends and likely future pressures.

4 June 2024

The intergenerational elasticity of earnings: Exploring the mechanisms

Working Paper

We use data covering a single cohort’s ﬁrst 55 years of life to explain the differences in the intergenerational elasticity of earnings.

3 June 2024

Labour’s ‘Growth and Skills’ levy would give more flexibility to firms – but employers would still need to get on board

Comment

How might Labour’s proposal to broaden the Apprenticeship Levy into a ‘Growth and Skills’ Levy affect training rates, especially for young people?

1 June 2024

What does the Conservative's higher education announcement this week mean for apprenticeships and 'low-value' university courses?

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IFS Associate Director Christine Farquharson explains.

1 June 2024

Conservative plans to abolish the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to help fund a new National Service scheme would hit poorest parts of the UK

Comment

Abolishing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund would see poorer parts of the UK lose hundreds of millions in funding – with Cornwall and Wales hardest hit.

29 May 2024

High-skilled apprenticeships have high returns – but funding via a ‘crackdown’ on higher education courses is challenging

Comment

This comment analyses the Conservative Party’s plan to increase the number of high-skilled apprenticeships.

29 May 2024

Election Special: What you need to know

Podcast

In our first election special, we look at the broad economic picture and analyse announcements about the fiscal rules, the triple lock and tax.

28 May 2024

Targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage

Working Paper

We conduct a cluster-randomized control trial of an edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan.

28 May 2024

Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony

Working Paper

Using a cluster-randomised field experiment, this paper investigates the effectiveness of educational entertainment in promoting interethnic harmony.

10 May 2024

Imagine your life at 25: Gender conformity and later-life outcomes

Working Paper

We analyse thousands of essays written by 11-year-old girls in 1969 to assess conformity with gender norms and its implications for future outcomes.

24 April 2024

Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away

Comment

"We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.

15 April 2024

The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes

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We study the medium-run effect of Sure Start on academic outcomes, finding large benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

9 April 2024

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