Our Work

Below is a small selection of the work that we’ve carried out. Click on a topic to see relevant projects.

Field research for UNESCO: technical and vocational education

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Field research for a UNESCO project took our Director Ben Gardiner and Researcher Ana Rosa Gonzalez-Martinez* to the Dominican Republic, Cyprus and Senegal to assess the potential for a training levy to support vocational and technical education. Tell us about the UNESCO project...

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Energy scenario: employment implications of the Paris Climate Agreement

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For Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (an agency of the European Union), Cambridge Econometrics prepared projections for the number and type of jobs that could be available in Europe in 2030 if the Paris Climate Agreement were...

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Working futures employment and skills projections

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For over 30 years we have collaborated with the Warwick Institute for Employment Research to provide the UK’s official employment and skills projections, Working Futures.

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Skills forecast: trends and challenges to 2030

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Cambridge Econometrics developed forecasting results and drafted key findings which formed the basis for the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training's (CEDEFOP) latest skills forecast update (to 2030). Skills forecasting provides supply and demand projection...

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The impact of technological change on skills

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Terence Hogarth is Senior Advisor at Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and has over 30 years' experience of carrying out research on vocational education and training in the UK and the EU.  Terence is this month's guest blogger: Reflecting upon the employment impacts of rap...

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Future employment and automation

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The main purpose of this study is to raise awareness of the changes that the EU labour market will face as a result of the adoption of new technologies. It is the first study of its kind to use pan-European data sources (the Eurofound Task analysis and the Cedefop Skills Forec...

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Shutting the door on low-skilled migration into the UK could be a risky move

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How will the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system impact on the UK economy?  In particular, how might restrictions on low-skilled migration from the EU to the UK impact on wages, vacancy rates, prices and competitiveness? Chris Woolliscroft, Project Manager in our Society Te...

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New Climate Economy – unlocking the inclusive growth story of the 21st Century

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We provided empirical inputs to the New Climate Economy 2018 Global Commission Report "Unlocking the Inclusive Growth Story of the 21st Century". The aim of the modelling exercise was to illustrate examples of policies that can simultaneously promote economic growth and reduce...

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Reviewing the impact of the low-carbon mobility transition on jobs

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We carried out this review of the drivers of the impact on jobs from the transition to low-carbon cars and vans in Europe.

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The impact of Brexit on poverty in the UK

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Cambridge Econometrics was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to explore the impact of Brexit on poverty in the UK, focusing specifically at the poorest 1/5th of households. The analysis models a range of post-Brexit trading agreements, providing detailed results o...

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