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 Statement 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 Statement.</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.
Election 2024 Digital connectivity in London and the rest of the UK Published on 19 June 2024 5G coverage is already almost universal in London, and there has been rapid progress extending it to the rest of the UK. Business and investment Investment Geography
What is this government’s ‘theory of growth’? Nobody knows comment "Shifting the performance of an entire economy requires a long-term, consistent and persistent direction." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 20 January 2025
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
Public sector net investment as a per cent of national income data item Public sector net investment is set to rise, then fall, as a share of national income. 30 October 2024
Fiscal rules and investment in the upcoming Budget comment The government is reportedly considering a change to the debt rule to allow for more borrowing for investment. We consider some of the options. 27 September 2024
Employment rates by local authority, year to June 2024 data item Almost a third of local authorities in Great Britain already have employment rates of 80%, one in six have employment rates below 70%. 12 December 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
House price rises and borrowing to invest working paper We propose a borrow-to-invest motive by which house price gains affect household spending on residential investment. 27 March 2024
Labeled loans and human capital investments journal article We provide novel evidence that labeled microcredit is effective in influencing household borrowing and investment decisions. 14 January 2023
