Why is the UK so geographically unequal? podcast<p>We ask why the UK has such large regional divides, how they emerged, and what policymakers can realistically do to fix them.</p>18 June 2026
What does Britain think about inequality? podcast<p class="p1">Why do people care about inequality, and what do they want government to do about it?</p>11 June 2026
How unequal is Britain? podcast<p class="p1">We set out the facts on UK inequality, from income and wealth to opportunity, health and place.</p>4 June 2026
Increasing pension contributions: what would higher employer minimums mean? event 21 July 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers present findings on employer pension contributions and explore how higher minimum rates could affect workers and employers.</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
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Autumn Budget 2025 Annualised real household disposable income growth per capita, by parliament Published on 27 November 2025 Real household disposable income is set to grow by just 0.4% per year over this parliament, driven by low productivity growth and tax rises. Employment and income Poverty, inequality and social mobility Living standards
Rank of local authorities by average household income compared to rank by average consumption after housing costs data item On average, London local authorities rank at the top of the income distribution, but are bottom of the net-of-housing consumption distribution. 6 February 2026
Why has in-work poverty risen? comment We study the reasons for rising in-work poverty in the 25 years up to the pandemic. 12 November 2025
Is the minimum wage costing jobs? podcast The UK minimum wage has increased by more than 70% in real terms since 1999. What’s it doing to jobs, prices and profits - and what happens next? 29 January 2026
Unemployment, benefits and household spending: new evidence from UK bank account data report How much protection does the benefit system afford the newly unemployed? We use UK bank account data to track financial impacts of job loss. 9 January 2026
Options for reforming the two-child limit comment How has the two-child limit affected child poverty and other outcomes? What options for altering this policy does the government have? 23 October 2025
How did tax credits transform the UK welfare system? comment Over 20 years since they were introduced, tax credits have now been replaced by universal credit. How did they change the UK welfare system? 4 April 2025
Small area consumption estimates combining survey and financial footprints data working paper In this paper, we estimate average equivalized consumption measures across 367 local authority districts in Great Britain. 10 April 2026
For shorter or poorer: attitudes toward the trade-off between poverty and mortality working paper Many policy decisions involve trade-offs between lives and livelihoods. We provide estimates for a new welfare parameter that expresses this trade off 1 April 2026
Postpartum depression and the motherhood penalty working paper Using Danish administrative data, we study how postpartum mental health shocks shape women’s labor market trajectories. 13 January 2026
