The government’s recent ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper restated their ambitious target to get 80% of 16-64-year-olds into ...

Many economic panel and dynamic models, such as rational behavior and Euler equations, imply that the parameters of interest ...

The persuasion rate is a key parameter for measuring the causal effect of a directional message on influencing the ...

2024/25 childcare funding rates offer real-terms protection for the early years budget, with a boost to the funding top-up ...

France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms.

The prime minister’s rhetoric on housebuilding is welcome, but it won’t be enough without a complete overhaul of the planning ...

Use this interactive tool to explore how special educational needs prevalence, funding, and spending vary across local ...

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Research in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...

Carl is Deputy Director of the IFS, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an editor of the annual IFS Green Budget and a Director of the Pensions Review. His research includes issues around the ...

Funding for pupils with special educational needs in England increased by 59% or £4 billion between 2015 and 2024. A further £1 billion announced in the recent Budget will take total funding to £12 ...

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for ...

Paula is an Enrichment student at IFS, a PhD student in Economics and a tutor for the economics related courses in the Health Economics and Decision Science MSc at UCL. Paula's research interests ...