The Spring Forecast is unlikely to feature policy changes but could highlight risks to the public finances for the year ahead ...

We estimate the economic impacts of rape using population-wide Finnish police reports and hospital admissions.

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ONS figures released today show borrowing in the first 10 months of the year is £15 billion below the same months last year.

Why UK fiscal rules drive “headroom” politics, policy churn and rising debt, and how a dashboard approach could improve sustainability and debate.

This paper investigates the effects of alleviating remoteness constraints on access to quality maternal and newborn health ...

We hypothesise that structured management practices are a General Purpose Technology that helps firms adapt to unforeseen ...

Student loans now top £50k for many graduates. We explain how repayments work, who pays most, and whether the system is 'unfair'.

We examine the labour supply response of doctors in England to a reform to public sector pensions.

We trace the lifecycle of judicial bias in India’s criminal courts, leveraging the quasi-random assignment of judges to courts and cases.

The Scottish and Welsh Governments are funded through several main mechanisms: Funding from the UK government; Devolved taxes and other revenue sources; Devolved borrowing and res ...

Politicians in Holyrood and Cardiff Bay make decisions on some but not all public policies, taxes and areas of public ...