Employment and income

If you can’t see it, you can’t be it: role models influence female junior doctors’ choice of medical specialty

Comment

Working alongside a greater share of senior women specialists during an early-career placement influences junior women’s own specialty choice.

24 April 2024

Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility

Working Paper

We present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital.

15 April 2024

Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages

Working Paper

We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US.

15 April 2024

There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs

Working Paper

We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany.

2 April 2024

Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers

Working Paper

We investigate the importance of social skills as a driver of wage growth for workers with lower formal education.

27 March 2024

Household responses to trade shocks

Working Paper

We study the responses of both individuals and their partners to rising Chinese import competition in the 2000s.

26 March 2024

Recent trends in public sector pay

Report

How has public sector pay changed in recent years? Which type of workers have done better and which have done worse?

26 March 2024

The consequences of miscarriage on parental investments

Working Paper

We exploit the random nature of single, early miscarriages to examine the impact of pregnancy loss on parental investment and family outcomes.

22 March 2024

Living standards since the last election

Report

New income statistics suggest this parliament is on course to be the worst for living standards on record.

21 March 2024

The menopause "penalty"

Working Paper

We estimate the effect of menopause diagnosis on employment and earnings, reliance on social safety net programs, and demand for medical care.

18 March 2024

Spring Budget 2024

Collection

All our analysis of the Spring Budget 2024. Includes research, comment, explainers and more.

6 March 2024

How has the NLW affected pay differentials within firms?

Comment

Some evidence on the effects of the National Living Wage on firms' wage structures.

16 February 2024

Intertemporal income shifting and the taxation of business owner-managers

Journal article

We show that responses of UK company owner-managers to personal taxes are due to intertemporal income shifting and not reductions in business activity

24 January 2024

Self-employment and labor market risks

Working Paper

This paper finds that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and they frequently transition into unemployment.

9 January 2024

Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Report

This chapter examines gender inequality focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work.

12 December 2023

Inequality in the UK: 1968-2021

Report

How have employment and earnings changed in the UK over the last 50 years? What has the effect been on average incomes and income inequality?

29 November 2023

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Autumn Statement 2023

Collection

All our IFS analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2023.

22 November 2023

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

Report

This report sheds light on some of the drivers of changes in housing costs over time for different groups.

17 November 2023

The changing geography of jobs

Report

This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.

13 November 2023

A spouse and a house are all we need? Housing demand, labor supply and divorce over the lifecycle

Working Paper

We use a limited commitment framework to study how changes in marriage value affect household decisions over the lifecycle.

6 November 2023

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If you can’t see it, you can’t be it: role models influence female junior doctors’ choice of medical specialty

Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility

Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages

There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs

Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers

Household responses to trade shocks

Recent trends in public sector pay

The consequences of miscarriage on parental investments

Living standards since the last election

The menopause "penalty"

Spring Budget 2024

How has the NLW affected pay differentials within firms?

Intertemporal income shifting and the taxation of business owner-managers

Self-employment and labor market risks

Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inequality in the UK: 1968-2021

Autumn Statement 2023

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

The changing geography of jobs

A spouse and a house are all we need? Housing demand, labor supply and divorce over the lifecycle

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