Miriam Broeks, who is working at IF under the Oxford Internship scheme, questions the spin put on the latest figures.
Category: Employment
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
New report: too many graduates are doing non-graduate jobs
David Kingman looks at the findings of a new report which argues that too many UK workers are doing jobs for which they are overqualified
New data show bleak rates of youth unemployment across Europe
David Kingman looks at the sobering state of affairs facing young people in many European countries
Could intergenerational problems make social justice harder to achieve?
David Kingman looks at the findings from the latest report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission from an intergenerational angle
Raising number of older workers could boost GDP by £100 billion, according to PwC
David Kingman looks at a new report from the accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) which suggests Britain could reap a huge economic dividend if older people stayed in the workforce for longer
Latest data show slight fall in NEETs
David Kingman looks at the latest data on the number of young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training in the UK, which suggest some reasons for optimism
Local Government Association warns of cuts to services aimed at NEETs
David Kingman reports on a recent warning from the Local Government Association that cuts to services for disadvantaged young people may have a disastrous impact on their futures
New report emphasises growth of intergenerational inequality across the OECD
David Kingman explains the main findings from the OECD’s latest report on inequality, including the important intergenerational dimension of this problem
Who should Young People Vote for this Week? The Greens?
Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, analyses the manifestos using the lens of intergenerational fairness in the run-up to the May General Election. Today she inspects The Greens