Trade Wars: The end of globalisation? podcast<p>Rising tariffs and trade wars are reshaping global trade. Is this the end of globalisation—and what does it mean for the UK and the world economy?</p>4 June 2025
Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? podcast<p>We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits</p>14 May 2025
What's the future of corporation tax? podcast<p><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. </span></p>10 April 2025
CIOT/IFS Debate: What next for international tax co-operation? event 16 June 2025 <p>At this online event <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;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;">an expert panel will debate the future of international tax co-operation.</span></p>
Scaling early childhood development programmes and policies in low- and middle-income countries conference 24 June 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">Thrive, on behalf of IFS and OPM, is hosting a two-day international interdisciplinary conference.</span></p>
IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century special session at the RES 2025 Annual Conference announcement<p>This year's RES Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities with key IFS contributors to the review.</p>16 June 2025
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.
Employment rates by local authority, year to June 2024 Published on 12 December 2024 Almost a third of local authorities in Great Britain already have employment rates of 80%, one in six have employment rates below 70%. Employment and income Employment Geography
Drastic times need drastic action: breaking the 50-year tax taboo comment Rachel Reeves should consider increasing the basic rate, just as Denis Healey did in 1975 14 April 2025
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. 11 April 2025
Average household consumption spending before and after housing costs, and mean weekly per-capita income, in different local authorities, 2018–2019 data item Londoners may have the highest average incomes, but their household spending once you account for housing costs is lower than other regions. 11 April 2025
Working in your 60s: a way to stay young for some comment On average, women who remained in work for longer following increases in the state pension age saw improved cognition and less physical disability. 13 May 2025
Here’s a pension tweak for nudging civil servants to work past 60 comment Public sector pension rules are a mess that helps neither workers nor the government. Fixing them could be a win-win. 28 April 2025
IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century special session at the RES 2025 Annual Conference announcement This year's RES Conference features a special session on the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities with key IFS contributors to the review. 16 June 2025
Job competition in civil service public exams and sick leave behaviour journal article In this paper, we investigate the impact of new openings for civil service positions on sickness absences using data from Spain between 2009 and 2015. 23 June 2025
The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous working paper We develop a tractable equilibrium model of the labour market with heterogeneous labour supply elasticities by occupation and across occupation pairs. 8 April 2025
Small area consumption estimates for local authorities in Great Britain working paper In this paper, we estimate average equivalised consumption measures across local authority districts in Great Britain. 11 April 2025
