Latest Outputs
Implementing Innovative Social Investment
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
12 March 2019
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood.
Evaluating outcome-based payment programmes: challenges for evidence-based policy
12 February 2019
We review the state of evaluation within outcome-based commissioning in the United Kingdom.
Social Impact Bonds: More Than One Approach
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
8 January 2019
A look at how social impact bonds differ between projects and geographies, and how those differences impact practical implementation.
Research protocol: Evaluating the impact of Eedi formative assessment online platform (formerly Diagnostic Questions or DQ) on attainment in mathematics at GCSE and teacher workload
23 November 2018
This paper describes a cluster randomised controlled trial designed to test the efficacy of Eedi, a formative question setting and diagnostic digital platform, on attainment in mathematics at GCSE as well as its impact on teacher workload.
Homelessness and the Private Rented Sector
Housing & Homelessness,Systematic Review & Rapid Evidence Assessment
21 November 2018
Homelessness has a devastating effect on those who experience it and is costly to the public purse.