We use counterfactual analysis to evaluate the economic impact of two tax credits for dwelling renovations (‘Bonus Facciate’ ...

In March 2020, the UK government implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, otherwise known as furlough, to minimise ...

A new crop of councillors will face the same challenges – constrained funding, limited revenue-raising powers, and spending ...

Social environment is key to sustaining gender inequalities but many policies and programs target only women and do not involve the wider community.

We study how replacing bureaucrats’ discretion with algorithmic assessment affects the accuracy, equity, and public ...

We study New York City’s Community Schools Initiative using a difference-in-differences design.

In this paper we show that the small overall between-sector component conceals substantial, though offsetting, equilibrium ...

The rapid evolution of technology is reshaping labour markets by altering skill demands and job profiles. This paper ...

In this paper, we provide the first evidence on the effect of working from home (WFH) on crime.

We document substantial heterogeneity in workforce effectiveness in England’s national home-visiting programme for first-time ...

Council tax support's chequered history reveals the fundamental trade-offs of devolving benefits to local authorities.

This in-person event, in partnership with and hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, will discuss the findings of the ...