Events

Pay is an important lever in attracting and keeping staff, but is subject to tight regulations within the NHS. At this event, we explored the findings of new IFS work looking at the flexibility of the current pay system and its ability to address differences in the local cost of living across the country.

Two weeks ahead of the forthcoming Budget, this event set out the economic and fiscal backdrop and some of the key policy decisions that the Chancellor will need to take.

At this event, we discussed findings from a new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which sets out the problems with the current tax treatment of business owners’ incomes and investment and discusses how the government could take practical steps towards fixing them.

This workshop is for policymakers, local and international NGOs and other stakeholders in the Nigerian WASH sector. It will discuss findings from our research on how to improve WASH infrastructure in Nigeria.

The pandemic has had profound consequences for incomes, spending, saving, and financial distress. In this event we will bring together evidence from a number of recent pieces of research which use bank account data to shed light on these issues.

The last decade has seen considerable change to the pensions environment. This event will include a keynote talk from the Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, a presentation on a programme of IFS research in this area over the last two years, and an expert panel discussion of the implications of the research.

On 31 December the Brexit transition period will come to an end and the UK will leave the EU single market and customs union. What does this mean for VAT and customs duties? What will change? Our expert panel will explore these and other questions in this highly topical debate.

This year's Spending Review will not be the comprehensive, multi-year review we were originally promised, but will still contain a raft of important announcements. IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's announcements at an online briefing the day after the Spending Review.

Self-employment in the UK has risen dramatically. At this event, we will discuss findings from a new report that explores the nature of the rise of self-employment, what it tells us about the state of our labour market, and how the Covid-19 crisis has affected the self-employed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic changes in the delivery of routine health and social care in England. At this IFS/Nuffield Trust event, we will draw upon research from both organisations, survey data and official NHS statistics to examine the scale and nature of disruption in recent months and who has been most impacted.

Each year early career economists at IFS deliver a day of public economics talks, aimed at A-level and undergraduate students who have an interest in economics or might want to pursue a career in public policy research. As part of this year’s Festival of Social Science, we will be live streaming a selection of lectures from the series.

IFS, Discover Economics, and the Economics Observatory present Generation-COVID: a webinar for 15-17 year olds exploring what Covid-19 means for the future of the economy. What will be the impact of disruption to schools? Will the way we work change forever? Our panel of economists will answer your questions on Covid-19 and the economy.

The share of people staying on in education beyond the age of 18 has grown substantially in the UK since the 1980s. Yet until now, evidence on the effect of these qualifications on subsequent earnings has been limited. This event will present key findings from three pieces of research published in 2020 by the IFS on returns to education.

A socially mobile country provides equal opportunities for everyone, across big cities and small towns, and regardless of whether your parents are rich or poor. This event will look at the state of mobility across England and explore policy options for any government committed to a levelling up agenda.

A Spending Review is a difficult balancing act at the best of times, forcing Chancellors to make difficult choices between competing government departments and services, and trade off higher spending against the tax or borrowing needed to pay for it. This year's Spending Review is likely to be the most difficult to date. At this event, IFS researchers will look ahead to the upcoming Spending Review, and outline the options, opportunities and challenges facing the Chancellor.

The COVID-19 crisis has been a perfect financial storm for councils, pushing up spending and hitting local income streams. This event will explain how the COVID-19 crisis has been affecting local finances and economies, how councils have been responding, and key issues for the next few years as we seek to recover.

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, senior researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research will join together to look at how Covid-19 has impacted the public finances, including what we can learn from comparisons with the fallout from the financial crisis and how uncertainty around the economy has affected public spending in the past.

Further and higher education providers face severe resource challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. At this event, IFS researchers and panellists Philip Augar and Mary Curnock Cook will analyse these challenges. This event coincides with the launch of our 2020 annual report on education spending in England, supported by the Nuffield Foundation.

The proportion of the self-employed saving in a private pension has declined dramatically over the past two decades, leading to continued concerns about their financial preparations for retirement. At this event we will present the findings of new IFS research that has examined this trend.

The IFS Green Budget 2020, in association with Citi and with funding from the Nuffield Foundation, will analyse the huge economic trauma since the March Budget and the much heightened uncertainty over the path of the economy in coming years. The findings from chapters covering the economic and fiscal outlook will be presented at the event, alongside which the book will be launched.