The changes to the UK's net zero pathway explained

Understand this issue

An honest conversation about net zero

podcast

We discuss the impact of the Prime Minister's announcement on net zero.

11 October 2023

Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained

podcast

This week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.

16 November 2023

Behind the numbers: reassessing investment in skills and training

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"There are concrete steps, such as reforming the Apprenticeship Levy, that the government should take to improve the existing skills system."

12 October 2023

Policy analysis

Autumn Statement 2023

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

22 November 2023

Social mobility and wealth

conference 12 December 2023 at 10:30

At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.

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

Academic research

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

Walk the talk: Measuring green preferences with social media data

working paper

We created a unique data set based on social media data by collecting all the tweets of 54,000 Swedish citizens between January and June 2019.

6 November 2023

Targeting taxes on local externalities

working paper

We consider optimal anonymous consumption taxes in situations where the magnitude of an externality varies with individuals who cause it.

14 August 2023