In parallel to the work that the Intergenerational Foundation does in the UK, Generation Squeeze campaigns for intergenerational fairness in Canada. In this call to action, Dr Paul Kershaw, of the University of British Columbia and Founder of Generation Squeeze, tells us why it is needed, and why it needs all the support it can… Read more »
Category: Employment
Number of NEETs continues to fall
David Kingman reports on the recent set of figures which show that the number of NEETs is continuing to decline
New Bruegel report warns of the growing intergenerational divide across Europe
David Kingman reports on some new research into intergenerational issues across Europe by one of the continent’s leading think tanks
Government launches further reforms to “put students at the heart of higher education”
David Kingman looks at the government’s latest proposals for making further changes to higher education
Friends Provident Foundation announces a Journalist Fellowship to promote an understanding of new economics
Danielle Walker Palmour, Director of Friends Provident Foundation, explains how the Journalist Fellowship 2016 came about and why it is important for journalists to have a better understanding of the economic debates underpinned by the Foundation’s work in building long-term, resilient and ethical economies
Is auto-enrolment helping young people build up pensions?
David Kingman looks at what impact the new auto-enrolment system is having on young peoples’ ability to save towards pensions
Which graduates will pay off their student loan?
Antony Mason looks at the burden of debt under which universities now send their graduates into the world of work
New ONS figures shed further light on young people and zero-hours contracts
David Kingman looks at the latest figures about zero-hours contracts from the Office for National Statistics, which show how they disproportionately affect young people
Graduate unemployment levels down – why is that not good news?
Miriam Broeks, who is working at IF under the Oxford Internship scheme, questions the spin put on the latest figures.
Younger workers have most of UK’s “human capital”, ONS finds
David Kingman reports on what the latest attempt by the ONS to value the UK’s “human capital” had to say about younger and older workers