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Jobs, work, pay & benefits

Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 30 Jun 21

How has Covid-19 affected India’s economy?
Nations, regions & cities • 26 Mar 25

What’s happening in Bangladesh’s garment industry?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 10 Jun 24

What do we know about the effects of military conscription?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Sep 23

What explains the gender division of labour and how can it be redressed?
Aid & international development • 06 Mar 23

What are the big economic challenges facing the government in Iran?
Business, big & small • 16 Jan 25

Why is the UK film and television sector struggling?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 22 Sep 22

The shift to working from home: how has it affected productivity?
Data stories • 22 Feb 24

What is the state of the UK economy in early 2024?
Prices & interest rates • 12 May 22

How does inflation affect the economy when interest rates are near zero?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 30 Jun 22

How is the post-Brexit immigration system affecting the UK economy?
Transport & infrastructure • 29 Aug 24

What might be the economic implications of autonomous vehicles?
Business, big & small • 31 Mar 22

Two years on, how has the pandemic affected businesses in the UK?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 22 Aug 22

Minimum wages and living wages: what happens in times of inflation?
Business, big & small • 02 Jul 20

How has coronavirus affected pubs, cafes and restaurants?
Prices & interest rates • 07 May 25

What’s happening to the cost of rent in the United States?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 Oct 23

Why has it taken so long for stagnant pay to become central to UK politics?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 11 May 21

How might increases in the UK minimum wage affect jobs, work and pay?
Science, technology & innovation • 21 Aug 24

How is generative artificial intelligence changing the legal profession?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 13 May 25

What’s happening with UK wages and employment?
Prices & interest rates • 26 Jun 23

When will UK inflation return to the Bank of England’s target of 2% a year?
Inequality & poverty • 14 Sep 21

Is the UK a meritocracy?
Inequality & poverty • 20 Sep 20

Would a universal basic income reduce poverty in the aftermath of Covid-19?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 15 Aug 22

Are wages keeping up with the cost of living?
Data stories • 15 Apr 25

The UK labour market: what’s happening with wages and jobs?
Business, big & small • 24 Mar 25

How did fashion grow into a global business?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 08 Nov 21

What might be the effects of a four-day working week?
Schools, universities & training • 14 Jul 21

Which investments in human capital will boost productivity growth?
Lessons from history • 05 Jul 22

Industrial action: is the UK going back to the 1970s?
Productivity & growth • 15 Jan 24

What explains the UK’s productivity problem?
Families & households • 20 Apr 23

Why should we invest in early childhood education and care?
Schools, universities & training • 31 Jan 23

Teacher strikes: what consequences for pupils?
Nations, regions & cities • 02 Jun 25

How has deindustrialisation affected living standards in the UK?
Attitudes, media & governance • 07 Jun 22

Ukraine’s accession to the European Union: what difference would it make?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 13 Apr 21

How might Uber drivers’ new status as workers affect the gig economy?
Productivity & growth • 28 Oct 25

How might the UK’s new approach to migration affect the economy?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 28 Oct 24

What share of the economic pie goes to workers?
Energy & climate change • 29 Nov 22

How are rising energy prices affecting the UK economy?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 19 Nov 25

Why do some people in the UK face marginal tax rates of over 60%?
Data stories • 15 Mar 22

What do the latest data reveal about the UK’s gender pay gap?
Attitudes, media & governance • 27 Oct 25

Beyond the ‘Global Irish’: what are the migration challenges facing Ireland?
Science, technology & innovation • 13 Jun 23

What might be the economic impact of AI tools like ChatGPT?
Lessons from history • 26 Jun 20

Rebuilding after the Second World War: what lessons for today?
Health, physical & mental • 17 Nov 25

Does getting richer make people happier?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 20 Oct 21

How does climate change affect workers’ productivity?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 08 Feb 21

How are robots affecting jobs and pay?
Schools, universities & training • 15 Jun 23

Which educational policies are most effective for equalising opportunities?
Data stories • 10 Jun 21

How does the Cornish economy compare with the rest of the UK?
Health, physical & mental • 16 Sep 21

What does football reveal about the impact of Covid-19 on work performance?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 09 Nov 23

What is the disability employment gap and why is it important?
Business, big & small • 18 Jul 24

Why are there so few women leading the UK’s biggest companies?

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