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Families & households

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 • 26 Nov 21

#TalkingEconomics: How should we tackle the big post-pandemic challenges?
Energy & climate change • 24 Nov 21

How may climate change affect people’s economic decisions?
Energy & climate change • 15 Nov 21

How can we make green growth fair?
Prices & interest rates • 11 Nov 21

How has inflation behaved during the pandemic?
Energy & climate change • 10 Nov 21

How are plastics harming marine ecosystems?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 08 Nov 21

What might be the effects of a four-day working week?
Energy & climate change • 21 Oct 21

How are agricultural economies affected by climate change?
News • 01 Oct 21

Carelessness costs
Health, physical & mental • 29 Sep 21

Stranger danger: are we more Covid-safe around friends and family?
Health, physical & mental • 22 Sep 21

What are the main options for reforming adult social care in England?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 21 Sep 21

How might changes to social care funding affect different service users?
Inequality & poverty • 27 Jul 21

What different ways can policy-makers address inequality?
Schools, universities & training • 13 Jul 21

How can UK policy-makers meet the increased need for tutoring?
Schools, universities & training • 12 Jul 21

How should we measure the development of human capital in children?
Health, physical & mental • 06 Jul 21

How has Covid-19 affected younger adults with social care needs?
Health, physical & mental • 22 Jun 21

How should we measure the impact of Covid-19 policies on our wellbeing?
Data stories • 10 Jun 21

How does the Cornish economy compare with the rest of the UK?
Schools, universities & training • 08 Jun 21

Update: How has the crisis affected children from poorer backgrounds?
Schools, universities & training • 27 May 21

Generation Covid: how is the pandemic affecting the young?
News • 21 May 21

Food for thought
Attitudes, media & governance • 19 May 21

What is the likely impact of advertising restrictions on obesity?
Health, physical & mental • 17 May 21

Why should we care about obesity?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 19 Apr 21

How should governments source public services during a crisis?
Aid & international development • 18 Mar 21

How is Covid-19 affecting gender inequality in low-income countries?
Health, physical & mental • 15 Mar 21

How have school closures affected children’s mental health?
News • 12 Mar 21

Women and the pandemic
Prices & interest rates • 10 Mar 21

Will scrapping the tampon tax help to reduce period poverty?
Inequality & poverty • 09 Mar 21

How has coronavirus affected period poverty in the UK?
Inequality & poverty • 08 Mar 21

How has a year of coronavirus affected women?
Inequality & poverty • 04 Mar 21

Have government measures been protecting the UK’s most vulnerable?
Nations, regions & cities • 15 Feb 21

Zoomshock: how is working from home affecting cities and suburbs?
Schools, universities & training • 28 Jan 21

Should students apply to university after they’ve got their exam results?
Schools, universities & training • 18 Jan 21

How can policy-makers and parents support home learning during lockdown?
Schools, universities & training • 06 Jan 21

How should we assess school students now that exams have been cancelled?
Inequality & poverty • 04 Jan 21

What do school closures mean for social mobility?
Data stories • 23 Dec 20

How has the cost of Christmas dinner changed over the years?
Nations, regions & cities • 16 Dec 20

How uneven is the recovery in consumer spending across UK regions?
Recession & recovery • 15 Dec 20

What has happened to consumer spending during the Covid-19 crisis?

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