In UK data, I document the prevalence of misbeliefs regarding the State Pension eligibility age (SPA) and these misbeliefs predictivity of retirement. Exploiting policy variation, I estimate a ...
Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...
We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, ...
The government has published the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025–26, setting out funding allocations for English councils next year. This confirms an important shift in grant ...
Many economic panel and dynamic models, such as rational behavior and Euler equations, imply that the parameters of interest ...
Funding for pupils with special educational needs in England increased by 59% or £4 billion between 2015 and 2024. A further £1 billion announced in the recent Budget will take total funding to £12 ...
Today, we’re turning our attention to France, where a recent Budget has sparked intense debate and raised major questions about the country’s economic future. France is tackling some big economic ...
The harmful effects of air pollution on health are increasingly well known. Broadly, air pollution has been shown to damage many aspects of health, particularly for the elderly and young children (see ...
Multivalued treatments are commonplace in applications. We explore the use of discrete-valued instruments to control for selection bias in this setting. Our discussion revolves around the concept of ...
Childcare funding rates largely protected in real terms - with a big uplift for disadvantage premium
The government yesterday announced a £2-billion injection of funding into England’s early years system. The vast majority of this increase is in line with plans set out at the March 2023 Budget, to ...
From healthcare to education to local government, the public sector delivers essential services—but how can it stay effective and efficient with tightening budgets and rising demand? In this episode, ...
Air pollution in England, specifically levels of PM 2.5 (tiny particles that penetrate deep into the lungs), has halved since 2003, with a large and lasting drop during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fall ...
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