Intergenerational mobility
The long shadow of deprivation: Differences in opportunities across England (Report prepared for the Social Mobility Commission, September 2020) - Launch presentation.
COVID-19
Trying times: how might the lockdown change time use in families? (IFS Observation, April 2020)
Learning during the lockdown: real-time data on children's experiences during home learning (IFS Briefing Note, May 2020)
How are mothers and fathers balancing work and family under lockdown? (IFS Briefing Note, May 2020)
Primary school closures created substantial inequality in time spent learning between pupils from poorer and better-off families - and re-opening schools may be the only remedy (IFS Observation, August 2020)
September return to school offers a chance to level the playing field (IFS Observation, August 2020)
Childcare and Early Childhood Education
Universal Pre-School and Labor Supply of Mothers, with Mike Brewer, CESifo DICE Report, October 2017
Early childhood policies: and the research agenda, with Orazio Attanasio and Sonya Krutikova, Vox, June 2016
The economic effects of pre-school education and quality, with Claire Crawford and Lorraine Dearden, IFS Report, November 2014
State support for early childhood education and care in England, with Claire Crawford and Mike Brewer, IFS Green Budget, February 2014 (Eds.) C. Emmerson, P. Johnson, and H. Miller
Gender equality
How can we increase girls' uptake of maths and physics at A-levels? with Rachel Cassidy and Claire Crawford (IFS report, August 2018)
Why don't more girls study maths and physics? with Rachel Cassidy and Claire Crawford (IFS Observation, August 2018)
Other topics
Assessing the economic benefits of education: reconciling microeconomic and macroeconomic approaches, with C. Crawford, CAYT report, Department for Education, April 2014