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Families & households

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?
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?
Schools, universities & training • 01 Nov 23

How does compulsory school attendance affect youth violence?
Crime & policing • 31 Oct 23

Youth custody: who ends up there and how does it affect their later lives?
Recession & recovery • 05 Oct 23

Who suffered most from economic uncertainty early in the Covid-19 pandemic?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Sep 23

What explains the gender division of labour and how can it be redressed?
Banks & financial markets • 04 Sep 23

Why did the global financial crisis of 2007-09 happen?
Prices & interest rates • 19 Jul 23

How does inflation affect mortgages in light of rising interest rates?
Energy & climate change • 27 Jun 23

How should a national energy efficiency policy be targeted ahead of winter?
Schools, universities & training • 15 Jun 23

Which educational policies are most effective for equalising opportunities?
Inequality & poverty • 02 Jun 23

Frontline stories: tackling homelessness in the cost of living crisis
Health, physical & mental • 04 May 23

How is the cost of living crisis affecting public health?
Prices & interest rates • 21 Apr 23

How is inflation affecting people in London?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 21 Apr 23

Frontline stories: designing furlough at HM Treasury
Health, physical & mental • 30 Mar 23

How is the cost of living crisis affecting provision of social care?
Pensions, savings & investment • 27 Mar 23

What are the implications of removing the pensions lifetime allowance?
Attitudes, media & governance • 22 Mar 23

How has national wellbeing evolved over time?
News • 03 Mar 23

Rethinking housing policy
Banks & financial markets • 24 Jan 23

Will the Edinburgh Reforms help to boost UK consumer spending?
Energy & climate change • 16 Jan 23

How can home energy efficiency improvements help us reach net zero?
Communicating economics • 30 Dec 22

#studentviews: What are the economic effects of reversing Roe v. Wade?
Communicating economics • 19 Dec 22

#studentviews: Is the UK’s energy price guarantee an effective policy?

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