The Autumn Statement explained podcastWe analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.24 November 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds explainerPaul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement. 22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained podcastThis week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.16 November 2023
Education spending: an engine for levelling-up? event 11 December 2023 The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth conference 12 December 2023 At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension? event 13 December 2023 At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy landing pageThe ESRC has funded a research centre at IFS since 1991, recognised as a global centre of excellence and now with UKRI Research Institute status.15 July 2022
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
IFS co-organises Paris-London Public Economics Conference 2023 AnnouncementThis year's Paris-London Conference in public economics takes place on 7th and 8th December 2023. Register to attend before 30th November 2023.24 November 2023
Imran Rasul elected as EEA Vice-President AnnouncementCPP Director and UCL Professor Imran Rasul is the new Vice-President (President-Elect in 2025 & President in 2026) of the EEA.21 November 2023
Professor Imran Rasul to lead IFS new research project AnnouncementProfessor Imran Rasul, CPP Director, will lead an IFS project on economic opportunities across racial and ethnic groups in the United Kingdom.25 October 2023
IFS contributor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in economics AnnouncementCommittee cites her work on generations of women in the labour market. 9 October 2023
FCDO renews TaxDev funding for the next seven years AnnouncementFCDO has announced renewed funding for The Centre for Tax Analysis in Developing Countries, a collaboration between IFS and ODI.19 September 2023
IFS Research Fellow publishes monograph on inequality AnnouncementIFS Research Fellow Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg has published a monologue entitled The Unequal Effects of Globalization.7 September 2023
IFS International Research Fellow Olympia Bover wins Rei Jaume I Prize AnnouncementThe prize is one of the highest awards for economics in Spain. Olympia is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy, the ESRC research institute based at the IFS. 12 June 2023
Paper by IFS Associate Director Anne Brockmeyer awarded 2023 ADB–IEA Innovative Policy Research Award AnnouncementAnne Brockmeyer's paper “Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico" wins 2023 ADB–IEA Innovative Policy Research Award.26 April 2023
IFS NHS waiting lists calculator wins 2022 Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication AnnouncementThe IFS interactive NHS waiting lists calculator has been awarded the 2022 Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication.20 April 2023
IFS Deputy Director Carl Emmerson appointed to the UK Statistics Authority Methodological Assurance Review Panel AnnouncementDeputy Director Carl Emmerson has been appointed to the Methodological Assurance Review Panel.14 April 2023
Call for papers: 5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Research Conference AnnouncementSubmissions are open until 15th May for the 5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Research Conference on the "Political Economy of Public Finances".3 April 2023
IFS awarded five-year Impact Acceleration Account funding from ESRC AnnouncementThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has been awarded £1.25 million in flexible Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding from the ESRC.7 March 2023
LSE-IFS-UCL-CEPR-Imperial Business School workshop on household finance AnnouncementThe IFS, in association with LSE, UCL, CEPR, and Imperial Business School, are organising a workshop on household finance.1 March 2023
CEPR symposium of the Development Economics Programme publishes summary papers AnnouncementPhD students at UCL have published summaries of the papers presented at the CEPR symposium of the Development Economics Programme.22 February 2023
IFS Director Paul Johnson awarded honorary doctorate from University of York AnnouncementPaul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, had been awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of York.20 January 2023
In memory of Sir Alan Budd (1937 – 2023) AnnouncementThe IFS is greatly saddened to learn of the death of our friend and colleague, Alan Budd.19 January 2023
IFS Director Paul Johnson joins the Times Health Commission AnnouncementThe Times Health Commission aims to address the most urgent challenges facing health and social care.16 January 2023
House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee publishes report on economic inactivity citing IFS research AnnouncementThe House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has published a report for which IFS Deputy Director Robert Joyce acted as a Specialist Advisor.20 December 2022
IFS Deputy Research Director Sonya Krutikova awarded Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship AnnouncementSonya Krutikova has been awarded a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship for 2023–2025.25 November 2022
Lively Minds one of ten finalists for LEGO foundation ‘Build a World of Play’ award AnnouncementThe LEGO foundation’s initiative will award approximately 117 million USD to five organisations solving the early childhood development crisis.20 October 2022
