Using Global Minds data across 44 countries over the period 2020–25 we confirm that ill-being is no longer hump-shaped in age but now decreases in age ...

As a result, the hump shape in despair by age, which we can see here in the dark line which shows the years 2009 to 2018, has disappeared by 2019-21 (dotted orange line). Instead, despair starts high ...

We propose a novel measure of intergenerational welfare mobility, “value-value” slope, including both pecuniary and ...

Rory is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Western Ontario and a Research Associate at IFS. He was previously a PhD Scholar at the IFS. His fields of interest are Public ...

Why isn’t the NHS improving faster? We unpack waiting lists, winter pressures, productivity and reform plans - and ask ...

This report shows the extent to which low pay and unemployment are related, the effects of periods out of work on future earnings and the degree to which low pay is a persistent phenomenon.

This commentary asks whether a productivity gap is really the problem facing Britain. Do lower levels of output per worker suggest greater inefficiency or do they reflect differences in levels of ...

Summary of new research on the scale and sources of regional inequalities and policy implications.

This paper examines the UK’s current tax and disability trust framework and argues for a broader, more accessible range of ...

We analyze the impact of the EU’s Directive on Public Country-by-Country Reporting, where multinational corporations must disclose key financial data ...

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