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Our research considers the determinants and effectiveness of educational investments across the lifecycle, from early childcare and pre-school education, through to primary and secondary schools, post-compulsory schooling, higher education and adult learning.
Our overarching aim is to understand the relative effectiveness of different policy interventions aimed at promoting human capital investment. To this end, we have a wide range of research and policy evaluation projects underway. Search
Michal Myck, Lorraine Dearden, Steve McIntosh and Anna Vignoles
The Conservative party today announced new plans for funding Higher Education (HE). The plan is to abolish all university tuition fees, and to make up for the lost fee income by removing subsidies on student loans, instead allowing banks to charge graduates a market rate of interest.
Many readers are no doubt currently deciding whether or not to attend higher education.
Kevin Denny and Vincent O'Sullivan
This paper uses cross section data to investigate whether the returns to education vary with the level of ability. Using a measure of cognitive ability based on tests taken at ages 7 and 11 we find, unlike most of the existing literature, clear evidence that the return to schooling is lower for those with higher ability indicating that education can act as a substitute for observed ability.
Jérôme Vandenbussche, Philippe Aghion and Costas Meghir
We examine the contribution of human capital to economy-wide technological improvements through the two channels of innovation and imitation.
Robert Chote
In his 1956 book "The Future of Socialism", the Labour thinker Tony Crosland famously argued:The essential thing is that every citizen should have an equal chance - that is his democratic right.
Michael B. Coelli, David A. Green and William P. Warburton
We examine the impact of high school graduation on the probability individuals from welfare
Costas Meghir and Mårten Palme
In this paper we evaluate the impact of a major school reform, that took place in the 1950s in Sweden, on educational attainment and earnings.
The Higher Education (HE) Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons on the 31st of March 2004. Here we suggest one way in which the implementation of the proposals can be simplified.
Kevin Denny, Colm Harmon and Vincent O'Sullivan
his paper uses the measures of basic skills (or functional literacy) in the International Adult Literacy Survey to examine the impact of education and basic skills on earnings across a large number of countries.
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   We analysed the impact of the 2006 HE funding reforms and informed the surrounding debate.
We provided evidence to the Browne Review of higher education funding about the impact of a number of higher education finance reforms.
An IFS assessment of the effectiveness of the Education Maintenance Allowance informed the Government’s decision to extend the policy nationwide in 2004.
IFS research increased awareness of the disadvantages faced by children born at the end of the academic year.
We provided a rigorous assessment of the rationale for a pupil premium and analysis of how it would affect school finances.
IFS was instrumental in creating data that is helping policymakers understand the barriers to attending university faced by poor children.
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