How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?

We borrowed and spent more than other countries to respond to the pandemic and the sharp rise in energy prices two years ...

The field of health economics has grown dramatically in recent years. However, most research in this area has focused on advanced economies, with slower progress in generating evidence from low- and ...

By 2040, the number of pupils in Scotland is projected to be 90,000 lower than in 2024. Policymakers face a major choice over ...

At just under £8 billion, spending on schools and childcare is the second-largest area of public service spending in Scotland, behind spending on health. While councils rather than the Scottish ...

The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast. As the OBR comes up with its forecast, which will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the Spring Forecast, one ...

This Working Paper is an update of Intergenerational mobility in socio-emotional skills This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of socio-emotional skills during childhood, using ...

Private-sector employees tend to get a new pension pot every time they change employer. This means people who work for many different employers over their career often end up with many different ...

Council tax is levied on the occupiers of residential property to help fund the provision of local services. Individual Scottish councils set the tax rates for their area, but it is the Scottish ...

In Scotland, as in England, council tax bills are still based on April 1991 property values. This is unfair. The unfairness is not because property values have increased so much nationally over the ...