The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility podcast<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;">Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.</span></p>3 March 2025
How important is the OBR forecast? podcast<p>The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.</p>12 February 2025
Spring Forecast 2025: IFS analysis event 27 March 2025 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Forecast.</span></p>
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? event 1 April 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.</span></p>
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century? conference 3 April 2025 <p>This conference, in association with <a href="https://www.deloitte.co.uk">Deloitte</a>, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.</p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.</p>20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
The economics of race and ethnicity Air pollution in England by MSOA over time, measured by PM2.5 exposure, 2003 to 2023 Published on 6 December 2024 Average exposure to PM2.5 in England fell by 54% between 2003 and 2023. Almost everywhere in England is now below England’s 2040 target for PM2.5. Health and social care Poverty, inequality and social mobility Environment Health Geography
Can the new government fix the NHS? podcast We look at the key challenges facing the NHS, and what the new government could do to tackle them. 14 August 2024
Housing supply elasticities and percentage changes in number of properties and house prices across England, 1996 to 2021 data item The responsiveness of housing supply to local demand is highest in the East of England and lowest in and around London and in the North-West. 22 November 2024
How have local house prices and house building changed across England? calculator See how house prices and house building have changed in your area, and compare how responsive building has been to prices in areas across England. 22 November 2024
The role of changing health in rising health-related benefit claims report Is the working-age population less healthy since the pandemic? What role is changing health playing in rising health-related benefit claims? 12 March 2025
How should governments help households during an energy crisis? comment The government spent billions on support to help households with their energy bills in 2022–23. Could a better-designed package have saved money? 31 January 2025
Public spending on health and defence in the UK over time data item Public spending on defence in the UK has decreased significantly in the past 70 years, while health spending has increased. 18 February 2025
Call for papers: IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025 conference 16 May 2025 at 09:00 Submissions are open until 15th February for the IFS-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMIC 2025
Multitasking, two-part contracts, and bunching: an application to doctors' tasks working paper The optimal design of incentive contracts critically depends on whether the tasks performed by agents are complementary or substitutable. 24 February 2025
Vog: using volcanic eruptions to estimate the impact of air pollution on student test scores working paper We demonstrate that poor air quality disproportionately impacts the human capital accumulation of economically disadvantaged children. 20 February 2025
