In UK data, I document the prevalence of misbeliefs regarding the State Pension eligibility age (SPA) and these misbeliefs predictivity of retirement. Exploiting policy variation, I estimate a ...

We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, ...

The government has published the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025–26, setting out funding allocations for English councils next year. This confirms an important shift in grant ...

Many economic panel and dynamic models, such as rational behavior and Euler equations, imply that the parameters of interest ...

Funding for pupils with special educational needs in England increased by 59% or £4 billion between 2015 and 2024. A further £1 billion announced in the recent Budget will take total funding to £12 ...

The government yesterday announced a £2-billion injection of funding into England’s early years system. The vast majority of this increase is in line with plans set out at the March 2023 Budget, to ...

Air pollution in England, specifically levels of PM 2.5 (tiny particles that penetrate deep into the lungs), has halved since 2003, with a large and lasting drop during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fall ...

Today, we’re turning our attention to France, where a recent Budget has sparked intense debate and raised major questions about the country’s economic future. France is tackling some big economic ...

This paper studies tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link in the context of maternity benefits in Hungary. Earnings and employment patterns suggest pre-pregnancy underreporting, followed by ...

Multivalued treatments are commonplace in applications. We explore the use of discrete-valued instruments to control for selection bias in this setting. Our discussion revolves around the concept of ...

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