Latest Publications

Longer careers raise important questions about the future of work and education in the UK – is our education system built for the 50-year career? Are workplaces and employers adopting age-friendly policies? This report focuses on the future of work, education and skills in the era of extreme longevity.

This report, commissioned by Peabody, provides new insights into the lives of individuals living in social housing in London - in particular, with respect to their living standards and financial situation.

This report outlines the impact of parenthood on the work outcomes of mothers and fathers. Mothers face a long-term employment penalty, comprising shorter hours and lower hourly earnings. Fathers too struggle to balance their work responsibilities with caring for their family.

This paper authored by Phillip Ullmann, Chief Energiser at Cordant Group, discusses the benefits of social business, and the role it can play in creating a fair and robust market economy.

In this paper, Vera Troeger, Research Theme Leader at the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) looks at the effect of maternity benefits on the career opportunities of women in academia.

This report envisages a future where no matter how the work is performed there is greater evenness in tax treatment and in associated rights

The pamphlet looks at the rising trend in self-employment from a variety of perspectives, including tax, regulation and red tape, pensions and mortgages, trade unions and the self-employed, enterprise education,...

This paper looks at way to close the divide between employment and self-employment.

This is the second in a series of reports by the Social Market Foundation that consider the Government’s ambition of halving the disability employment gap.