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Owning a home by age 30 is increasingly a distant dream thanks to a growing generational wealth gap.
Children from poorer backgrounds do worse at every stage of the education system.
The reintroduction of the pensions triple lock means the increase in weekly payments could vastly outpace earnings growth
The great ‘peace dividend’ looks to be heading for the buffers.
The proportion of 65-year-olds in work is up by about ten percentage points since 2018.
These two groups bounced back more quickly in the jobs market than certain other groups, although they may still experience lasting consequences.
Several groups are going to be disproportionately affected when the £70 billion scheme comes to an end.
While it is well known that under-25s are most likely to bear the brunt of job losses when furlough ends, older workers are vulnerable too.
Men save more for retirement than women, but it has been changing over time.
The government’s race report suggests ethnic minority graduates gain less from university because of poor course choices. Our findings show that’s not quite true.
Research shows that targeting poor communities will go a long way in solving the country’s open defecation issues.
“First, do no harm”. It’s not clear that European countries even got that right as they navigated their way through the aftermath.
Keeping taxes lower and protecting the government services most dear to our hearts has huge implications for everyone.
Conservative targets for 1% annual savings in the next two years will actually feel like more than 5% for a swathe of government departments.
A Green Budget for 2015 was released recently by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The detailed report on social security spending shows that a future government would have to implement much deeper cuts…
Why are pupils from disadvantaged families more often found studying in poorly performing schools? Is it the choices their parents make, or are they not able to get into better ones? Perhaps families are…
Students should be given a lifetime loan allocation that they can use for different undergraduate and postgraduate courses, according to new proposals put forward by a group of universities. The University…
The raising of the cap on tuition fees charged by universities in England to £9,000 per year in 2012 does not currently look like it will save the government much money – but it has led to a substantial…
Nearly three-quarters of graduates will not clear their student loans before the end of the repayment period. This means the large majority of those who go to university aged 18 or 19 will still be paying…
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research Economist, Pensions and Public Finance, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Senior research economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
