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Families & households • 20 Jun 24
#ElectionEconomics: what are the parties proposing on housing?
Families & households • 19 Jun 24
How could the early years budget be better targeted to reduce inequality?
Families & households • 24 Apr 24
What are the effects of paid family leave programmes in the United States?
Families & households • 10 Apr 24
How can we tackle the UK’s housing crisis?
Families & households • 25 Mar 24
How should policy-makers think about the ageing population?
Families & households • 01 Feb 24
How might house prices affect workers’ productivity in OECD economies?
Families & households • 02 Oct 23
How can UK policy-makers make homes more affordable?
Families & households • 28 Jun 23
What’s been happening in the UK’s housing market in the first half of 2023?
Families & households • 20 Apr 23
Why should we invest in early childhood education and care?
Families & households • 02 Mar 23
How does the housing market affect financial and economic stability?
Families & households • 27 Feb 23
How does the housing market affect UK productivity?
Families & households • 12 Oct 22
Update: What next for the UK housing market?
Families & households • 05 Oct 22
Does access to abortion vary across the UK?
Families & households • 14 Sep 22
How is the cost of living crisis affecting unpaid care?
Families & households • 23 Aug 22
Rising costs of childcare: which families are struggling most?
Families & households • 12 Jul 22
How will the reversal of Roe v. Wade affect American women?
Families & households • 16 Jun 22
Retrofitting the UK housing stock: what lessons from Scotland’s tenements?
Families & households • 25 May 22
How will rising UK energy bills affect fuel poverty and affordability?
Families & households • 19 Oct 21
Does rent control work?
Families & households • 30 Sep 21
Has furlough prevented household financial distress during the pandemic?
Families & households • 29 Jun 21
How has the pandemic affected household finances in developing economies?
Families & households • 21 May 21
How can policy reduce food poverty among children?
Families & households • 20 May 21
Did food hardship increase during the pandemic?
Families & households • 11 Mar 21
Update: How is the response to coronavirus affecting gender equality?
Families & households • 05 Oct 20
Might coronavirus bring a lasting shift to online spending?
Families & households • 23 Sep 20
How has the Covid-19 crisis affected pre-school childcare?
Families & households • 17 Aug 20
What are the effects of lockdown and recession on domestic violence?
Families & households • 04 Aug 20
How should the government support households with unpayable debts?
Families & households • 18 Jun 20
How will the response to coronavirus affect gender equality?
Families & households • 09 Jun 20
How has coronavirus affected the division of domestic labour?
Nations, regions & cities • 25 Jun 24
What are the key election issues in Northern Ireland?
News • 21 Jun 24
Ideas for the UK: election economics international week
News • 14 Jun 24
Ideas for the UK: election manifesto week
News • 07 Jun 24
Ideas for the UK: election economics week two
Pensions, savings & investment • 06 Jun 24
Can the UK afford the triple lock on state pensions?
Schools, universities & training • 05 Jun 24
How could the UK’s education system be reformed to equalise opportunities?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 20 May 24
Which taxes are best and worst for growth?
Communicating economics • 19 Apr 24
#studentviews: How can UK policy-makers stop young people from vaping?
Pensions, savings & investment • 17 Apr 24
Should the state pension age go up in countries with ageing populations?
Nations, regions & cities • 26 Mar 24
Population ageing and decline: what policies might mitigate the downsides?
Productivity & growth • 14 Mar 24
How can the UK revive its ailing productivity?
Prices & interest rates • 07 Mar 24
Why have insurance premiums gone up so much?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 15 Feb 24
What would be the effects of abolishing or reforming inheritance tax?
Business, big & small • 14 Dec 23
How is consumer spending around Christmas 2023 likely to affect retailers?
News • 24 Nov 23
Festive season
Transport & infrastructure • 23 Nov 23
#economicsfest: How can we build a better future?
Inequality & poverty • 22 Nov 23
#economicsfest: How can we create an economy that cares for everyone?
Prices & interest rates • 21 Nov 23
#economicsfest: What does food tell us about the economy?
News • 03 Nov 23
Crime story
Crime & policing • 02 Nov 23
How does crime against expectant mothers affect their children’s health?

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