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Education and training
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.

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Year: 232 publications
01 February 2002
The paper examines the effects of pupil-teacher ratios and type of school on educational attainment and wages using the British National Child Development Survey (NCDS).
01 January 2002
l. Dearden, C. Emmerson, C. Frayne, A. Goodman, H. Ichimura and C. Meghir
01 November 2001
Christine Frayne
Market failure can affect the choices that individuals make about education. Christine Frayne, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, looks at the economic arguments.
02 May 2001
W01/11
01 April 2001
W01/01
In this paper we study the sources of wage growth.
02 March 2001
Lorraine Dearden, Carl Emmerson, Christine Frayne, Costas Meghir, et al.
This evaluation focuses on the four models of EMA that were introduced into the
02 December 2000
W00/22
The paper examines the effects of school pupil-teacher ratios and type of school on educational attainment and wages using the British National Child Development survey (NCDS).
01 May 2000
W00/10
Erich Battistin, Raffale Miniaci and Guglielmo Weber
In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings.
07 April 2000
W00/09
Kevin Denny, Colm Harmon and Sandra Redmond
In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings.
06 April 2000
W00/08
Kevin Denny and Colm Harmon
This paper uses pooled cross-section data on recent school leavers in Ireland to model the determinants of labour market status and wages for young adults.
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Impact on Society
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.