Abstract:

#ElectionEconomics: The research evidence on key issues for voters in the 2015 UK General Election is the final report of CEP's #ElectionEconomics series.

The report covers all the election briefings, discussing the research evidence on 15 of the UK's key policy battlegrounds: immigration, austerity, real wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and regional policy, top tax rates, inequality, housing and planning, crime, climate change and energy.

These briefings are provided by some of our expert researchers and draw on some of our past and current research.

This report also has a new introduction and executive summary. You may download the individual briefings here:

• #ElectionEconomics - New Introduction and Executive Summary
  
  
• Immigration and the UK Labour Market
  
  
• Austerity: Growth Costs and Post-Election Plans
  
  
• Productivity and Business Policies
  
  
• Should We Stay or Should We Go? The economic consequences of leaving the EU
  
  
• Schools: the evidence on academies, resources and pupil performance
  
  
• Real Wages and Living Standards
  
  
• The Economic Performance of UK Cities: Can Urban and Regional Policy Make a Difference to the North-South Divide
  
  
• Paying for Higher Education
  
  
• Gender Gaps in the UK Labour Market: jobs, pay and family-friendly policies
  
  
• Health: How will the NHS fare in a cold climate?
  
  
• Top Rate of Income Tax
  
  
• Inequality: Are we really 'all in this together'?
  
  
• Fighting Crime: Can the Police do more with less?
  
  
• Energy and the Environment: a cold climate for climate change policies?
  
  
• UK Housing and Planning Policies: the evidence from economic research
  
  

Please see the CEP #ElectionEconomics report(Paper 1)and the Executive Summary (Paper 2) that cover all the election 2015 briefings, discussing the research evidence on 15 of the UK's key policy battlegrounds: immigration, austerity, real wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and regional policy, top tax rates, inequality, housing and planning, crime, climate change and energy.