David Kingman looks at some new data from the ONS on the level of household saving among young adults
Democratic satisfaction among Britain’s immigrant communities: intergenerational divides
IF’s Rakib Ehsan looks at political-institutional trust and democratic satisfaction among Britain’s ethnic minority population, discussing why first-generation migrants display greater political trust and democratic satisfaction than their younger, UK-born counterparts
What’s happened to life expectancy in the UK?
David Kingman unpacks the latest data on trends in life expectancy from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
More households – but is more housing the only solution?
IF researcher Holly Metcalf looks at the complexities of housing supply against the prediction of a growth in the number of households – a situation that calls for carefully-tailored government action
Is it worth doing a degree? It’s complicated…
David Kingman looks at the evidence surrounding whether doing a degree is worthwhile for a young person
Book Review: “The Great University Con”
“The Great University Con: How We Broke Our Universities and Betrayed a Generation”, by David Craig and Hugh Openshaw, makes a powerful case against what has been done to our universities in recent years. Review by Holly Metcalf, IF researcher
Turning 18 in 2018: the Zenennial Generation
Turning 18 in 2018, and turning 18 in the year 2000 – new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show there are some significant differences. IF researcher Holly Metcalf explains
Rent controls: lessons from Ireland?
The Irish government introduced rent controls in 2017 and look set to extend those controls with the aim of helping students. Sam Couldrick, IF researcher, assesses the impact the controls have had
New data highlight gulf in pension saving between DB and DC schemes for tomorrow’s pensioners
David Kingman looks at some new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on pension saving which show how little most of today’s workers are managing to save towards their retirements
The rise of the “very old adult” and the crisis in social care
IF researcher Holly Metcalf looks at the troubling statistics predicting the growing need for old-age care, and the inadequacy of provision to cope with it