Latest Publications
Work, Skills & Education
We research all aspects of education and work, but we focus particularly on aspects that political debate often neglects: further education; vocational and technical education; apprenticeships and lifelong learning; in-work poverty.
Latest Publications:
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Paying the National Living Wage
New research in this data pack, conducted by the Social Market Foundation, analyses the potential impact of the new National Living Wage rate on businesses across the UK.
| Published: | 15 February 2016 |
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| Author(s): | Nida Broughton, Nigel Keohane |
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Working Well: How employers can improve the wellbeing and productivity of their workforce
In this report we consider ways in which we can reduce stress and boost workplace engagement to help improve UK productivity.
| Published: | 25 January 2016 |
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| Author: | Katie Evans |
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Educational inequalities in England and Wales
This briefing pack accompanies the launch of the SMF's new Commission on Inequality in Education, chaired by Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, and contains the initial findings of the commission.
| Published: | 12 January 2016 |
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| Author: | Nida Broughton |
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The Skills Gap: Is it a myth?
This is the fifth briefing paper in the Global Perspectives series, a collaboration between the Social Market Foundation and the University of Warwick’s Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
| Published: | 10 December 2015 |
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| Author: | Thijs van Rens |
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SMF Briefing: The value of apprenticeships – wages
This briefing paper summarises early findings from the first part of the project, which looks at the value of apprenticeships to workers in terms of how much extra earnings an apprenticeship delivers.
| Published: | 07 December 2015 |
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| Author: | Nida Broughton |
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Happiness and productivity: Understanding the happy-productive worker
This is the fourth briefing paper in the Global Perspectives series which is a collaboration between the Social Market Foundation and the University of Warwick’s Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE). This paper draws on experimental work linking happiness to productivity.
| Published: | 27 October 2015 |
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| Author: | Daniel Sgroi |
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Self-Employment and Ethnicity: An escape from poverty?
Why are some ethnic groups more likely to be self-employed? Is it a route to social mobility or a reflection of being locked out of other jobs? This paper looks at how self-employment compares, and has changed, across ethnic groups in the UK.
| Published: | 12 August 2015 |
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| Author: | Nida Broughton |
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Fixing a Broken Training System: The case for an apprenticeship levy
In this paper Professor Alison Wolf examines the Government's commitment to create 3 million new apprenticeships which will deliver the skills needed to boost productivity.
| Published: | 02 July 2015 |
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| Author: | Professor Baroness Alison Wolf CBE |
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Targeting Immigration: What does a good migration target look like?
This new briefing sets out the case for scrapping the Coalition’s immigration cap in favour of the SMF's preferred new target - an aims to increase public confidence in the immigration system by 2020.
| Published: | 26 February 2015 |
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| Author: | Ben Richards |