The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
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Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
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Relative spending per pupil or student per year at different stages of education (primary school spending per pupil = 1) Data Item Relative spending per pupil or student per year at different stages of education (primary school spending per pupil = 1). 12 December 2022
Public spending on adult education and apprenticeships (actual and projected for 2024–25) Data Item Public spending on adult education and apprenticeships (actual and projected for 2024–25) 12 December 2022
Number of adults participating in apprenticeships by level Data Item Number of adults participating in apprenticeships by level 12 December 2022
Total real-terms spending on different types of early education and childcare support in England Data Item Total real-terms spending on different types of early education and childcare support in England 12 December 2022
Spending per pupil or student per year at different stages of education (2022–23 prices) Data Item Spending per pupil or student per year at different stages of education (2022–23 prices) 12 December 2022
Total school spending per pupil by component (2022–23 prices) Data Item Total school spending per pupil by component (2022–23 prices) 12 December 2022
Total school spending per pupil (actual spending up to 2022–23, projected to 2024–25), 2009–10 = 100 Data Item Figure 5.2. Total school spending per pupil (actual spending up to 2022–23, projected to 2024–25), 2009–10 = 100 12 December 2022
Spending per pupil in primary and secondary schools (2022–23 prices) Data Item Spending per pupil in primary and secondary schools (2022–23 prices) 12 December 2022
Spending per student in 16–18 colleges and sixth forms Data Item Spending per student in 16–18 colleges and sixth forms 12 December 2022
Percentage of age 16–19 Level 3 enrolments which will no longer be eligible for funding in 2024–25 Data Item Percentage of age 16–19 Level 3 enrolments which will no longer be eligible for funding in 2024–25 12 December 2022
Annual report on education spending in England: 2022 Report This is our fifth annual report on education spending funded by the Nuffield Foundation 12 December 2022
Parental investments and intra-household inequality in child human capital: evidence from a survey experiment Working Paper This paper studies the role played by parents’ educational investment to explain intra-household inequality and its determinants. 7 December 2022
We need to understand the diversity of experience across ethnic groups Comment "Understanding the diversity of experience across ethnic groups has never been so important." Paul Johnson writes in the Times on ethnic inequalities. 5 December 2022
Shaping gender-stereotypical beliefs: the role of parents and peers Working Paper We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to explore the influence of parents and peers in shaping adolescents’ beliefs on gender-stereotypical fields. 2 December 2022
Cost-of-living crisis to hit students harder than expected Comment Students will be hit harder by the cost-of-living crisis than previously thought. Poorest students will be more than £1,000 worse off than in 2020–21. 30 November 2022
Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children: evidence from COVID-19 Working Paper What role did parental beliefs about risks and returns play for the allocation of time with children during the pandemic? 25 November 2022
Father of the bride, or steel magnolias? 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. 25 November 2022
Revealed beliefs and the marriage market return to education Working Paper This paper develops a new methodology to analyse how parents in Rajasthan, India make choices about their daughters’ schooling and marriage. 23 November 2022
VOG: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Air Pollution on Student Learning Outcomes Working Paper This study pairs variation stemming from volcanic eruptions with student test scores to estimate the impact of particulates on student performance. 22 November 2022
Early years spending update: The impact of inflation Report Our 2022 update discusses how early years education funding has changed over time, and what inflation means for childcare providers going forward. 11 November 2022
