Evaluating the expansion of the Welsh Government's Flying Start programme

We are pleased to announce that our process evaluation of the expansion of the Flying Start programme, commissioned by the Welsh Government, has now been published. Here are some of our key findings.

Children, Educationalma economicsJune 13, 2024CHILDCARE, CHILDREN, WALES, FLYING STARTComment

A billion lonely people

Why is loneliness on the rise? We look at what the research says.

Mental Healthalma economicsJune 11, 2024LONELINESS, SOCIAL RESEARCH, SOCIAL CAREComment

The evaluation of Leasing Scheme Wales

Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Wales faces a shortage of social housing – housing administered through local authorities which provides affordable rents and long-term tenancies for those who need it most…

Housing, Evaluationalma economicsMay 10, 2024WALES, HOUSING, POLICY EVALUATION, HOMELESSNESSComment

Children and gambling harms: Inequalities, vulnerabilities and risk factors

Alma Economics was commissioned by GambleAware to investigate the inequalities, vulnerabilities, and risk factors surrounding children and young people’s experience of gambling-related harms.

Children, Social Carealma economicsApril 29, 2024GAMBLING, CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLEComment

Talkin’ Bout a Devolution

We are proud to have played a role in the devolution process for Greater Lincolnshire, having conducted independent analysis of the responses to a consultation seeking the views of residents, businesses, and other stakeholders on the relevant proposal.

Local Governmentalma economicsMarch 15, 2024LOCAL GOVERNMENT, DEVOLUTION, LINCOLNSHIRE, CONSULTATIONComment

Behind the scenes: The making of a new tax relief for UK filmmaking

A behind-the-scenes look at the economic research that informed the UK Government's 2024 decision to increase the Film Tax Credit for independent films.

Culturealma economicsMarch 8, 2024INDEPEDENT FILM, CULTURE, FILMComment

Regulating short-term lets in England

Interested in why new regulations are coming to the short-term rental market in England? Here’s the story.

alma economicsFebruary 29, 2024HOUSING, TOURISM, SHORT-TERM LETS, ENGLANDComment

Dealing with missing data

One of the key challenges faced by researchers when using both survey and administrative data is data missingness. This refers to a situation where some values or observations are not present in a dataset…

alma economicsFebruary 23, 2024OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS, ONS, MISSING DATA, STATISTICS, EVIDENCE MAPComment