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Various indicators point to a deterioration in population mental health – likely contributing to rising disability benefit caseloads
A new IFS report released today, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Health Foundation, finds a range of evidence that mental health has worsened since the pandemic. This is consistent ...
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The Schools Bill: what's changing and why?
The aim of the bill, as stated on the House of Commons Library website, is to “improve the safeguarding of children and to ...
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David Phillips
David is an Associate Director and helps lead two main areas of research at the Institute. First is work on devolved and local government finance, with a particular focus on the distribution of ...
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Why do couples and singles save during retirement? Household heterogeneity and its aggregate implications
We find that most households save more for medical expenses than for bequests but that richer households and couples save ...
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Rethinking the Education Maintenance Allowance: Lessons from a long-term analysis
The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), introduced in the UK in 1999, represented an ambitious attempt to boost post-16 education participation among disadvantaged youth. By providing weekly ...