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Analysing government fiscal forecasts and tax and spending.
Case studies that give a flavour of the areas where IFS research has an impact on society.
Reforming the tax system for the 21st century.
A peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing articles by academics and practitioners.
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Resources for schools and students.
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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
In this short note, we examine the incentives that systems for financing special educational needs can create for different individuals.
A series of papers, published today in a special issue of Fiscal Studies on measuring school effectiveness, highlight some of the key issues that policymakers must consider.
CAYT researchers presented evidence on the link between young people's education and labour market choices and economic growth.
This document is a literature review commissioned by the Department for Education into the role for, and implications of, payment by results in public service delivery.
Costas Meghir, Mårten Palme and Marieke Schnabel
This study looks at the impact on criminal behaviour of a reform to the number of years' compulsory schooling in Sweden.
This review is aimed at providing a comprehensive understanding of the key characteristics of what works in terms of early interventions to prevent or reduce youth crime or anti-social behaviour.
Four distinct pieces of analysis to help us better understand young people's early interactions with the labour market.
A package of early literacy interventions has been found to improve significantly the reading and writing skills of young children who struggle to learn to read.
Haroon Chowdry, Ellen Greaves, et al.
This is the full report of the independent evaluation of the ECaR programme.
Erich Battistin and Barbara Sianesi
We study the impact of misreported treatment status on the estimation of causal treatment effects, focusing on applications where no additional information or repeated measurements are available.
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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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