This academic audit of political party offers to younger generations concludes that the Conservative party will have to do much more to attract the youth vote. Written by Dr James Sloam and Muhammad Rakib Ehsan, Royal Holloway, University of London, the report explores why some political parties did better than others at re-engaging younger generations,… Read more »
Term: Papers
Generation Remain: Understanding the Millennial vote
“The most detailed analysis we have to date on why young people voted as they did” (from the foreword by Dr Manmit Bhambra, LSE European Institute’s Generation Brexit project lead). This IF report identifies four different “tribes” of Millennial voters in the EU Referendum. The multi-faceted analysis, which uses latent class analysis to segment the… Read more »
Tall Tales: Graduate prospects in the UK labour market
The number of graduates in non-graduate jobs has remained stubbornly high at more than 46% for recent graduates over the period when university fees were tripled, rising to 35% for non-recent graduates. This paper looks as recent Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures and argues that there appears to be no graduate premium for many… Read more »
2017 General Election: Where can young voters make the most impact?
This short report sets out to identify the marginal constituencies in England and Wales where young voters could make the greatest impact at the 2017 general election.
The Economic Inefficiency of Student Fees in England
This report by Dr Kevin Albertson, Professor of Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, argues that the public benefits of a young person getting a higher education qualification more than outweigh the costs according to the government’s own figures. By comparing the costs and benefits of higher education, Albertson concludes that the nation should bear… Read more »
Packhorse Generation: The long debt tail of student loans
This report concentrates on student loans taken out to cover student fees. It does not include the additional costs of student maintenance loans taken out to cover living costs. Written by Estelle Clarke, IF advisory board member, the report follows the likely interest that will be charged to graduates over a 30-year loan term and… Read more »
Generations Apart? The growth of age segregation in England and Wales
Young and old are growing apart – this is the key finding from Generations Apart, the Intergenerational Foundation’s latest piece of research which measures the extent of age segregation across England and Wales. The report found that over the past 25 years profound changes have occurred in the patterns of where younger and older people… Read more »
2016 Intergenerational Fairness Index
Now in its fifth year, the 2016 Intergenerational Fairness Index reveals the continuing stagnation in the position of younger generations in the UK. Key drivers are pensions and government debt. Small improvements in the supply of housing are undermined by the continuing rise in cost – both of renting and buying. Low levels of investment… Read more »
The Graduate Premium: manna, myth or plain mis-selling?
This paper challenges the £100,000 lifetime graduate earnings premium so often used by politicians to justify increasing fees for university courses, changing the terms and conditions, or increasing interest rates. A wide range of factors influence whether graduates are likely to receive an earnings premium (i.e. higher earnings than their non-university-educated peers). These include, amongst… Read more »
DB Pensions: Choking Hazard
This report looks at the cost of defined benefit (DB) or final salary pensions to UK companies and argues that DB pension payments are acting as a drag on businesses and preventing them from expanding, investing, paying their younger workers more, or paying more towards younger workers’ pensions. It means that there is intergenerational inequity… Read more »