We find that women have lower emissions propensities than men, and therefore greater female empowerment is associated with ...

Public sector pension rules are a mess that helps neither workers nor the government. Fixing them could be a win-win.

I show that the adoption and extent of focal pricing practices in an industry in general do not lower average pass-through of ...

Public finance data out today show that borrowing overshot the official forecast made at last month's Spring Statement by £15 ...

The number of people claiming health-related benefits in England has risen substantially in recent years, coinciding with a pronounced increase in NHS waiting lists and waiting times. It is sometimes ...

Estimating intra-household sharing is crucial to understanding overall inequality. Standard measures of consumption inequality only take into account inequality between, and not within, households, ...

The government spent around £1.1 trillion, or 40.6% of national income, on our behalf in 2023-24. This was composed of different categories of spending - e.g. health, education, and benefit spending - ...

“Today’s Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) report highlights the fiscal challenges facing the Scottish and UK governments over coming decades as populations age and public service costs rise. Under ...