What would it take to fix social care? podcast<p class="p1">How does social care work, why has reform proved so difficult, and what would it take to build a fairer and more sustainable system?</p>17 September 2026
Land value tax: the perfect tax? podcast<p>Unlike most taxes, land value tax doesn’t discourage people from working, investing or building. So why don’t we use it more?</p>7 September 2026
How to fix business rates podcast<p class="p1">Business rates are blamed for killing the high street. But would cutting them actually help shops and pubs - or simply make landlords richer?</p>27 August 2026
IFS Zooms In Live: A look ahead to the Budget event 20 October 2026 <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;">A special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS Zooms In podcast ahead of the Budget, looking at the choices facing the Chancellor.</span></p>
Autumn Budget 2026: IFS analysis event 29 October 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers present their initial response to Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget.</p>
IFS Public Economics Day 2027 event 8 January 2027 <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;">The IFS is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We 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.
Median household net wealth, by age and decade of birth Published on 6 February 2023 There has been no substantial generation-on-generation wealth increases for generations born from the 1960s onwards, reversing previous trends. Savings, pensions and wealth Wealth Savings Inequality
What would it take to fix social care? podcast How does social care work, why has reform proved so difficult, and what would it take to build a fairer and more sustainable system? 17 September 2026
What does Britain think about inequality? podcast Why do people care about inequality, and what do they want government to do about it? 11 June 2026
Are pensioners richer than everyone else? podcast Are pensioners now better off than working-age people? We examine the data on income, wealth, housing and the future of retirement. 20 March 2026
Who benefits from ‘Help to Buy’ schemes? comment We examine the effect of the UK’s ‘Help to Buy’ schemes on housing affordability using a new approach to uncover effects for different households. 15 April 2026
How is wealth distributed across British households? Reassessing the valuation of pensions report How is wealth distributed and how has this changed over time? We use a consistent methodology for valuing pension wealth to answer these questions. 9 April 2026
Younger adults held a much larger share of total wealth in the 2010s than official statistics suggest press release Flawed official pension wealth statistics have overstated inequality between old and young while understating it between graduates and non-graduates. 9 April 2026
Who is helped by Help to Buy schemes? working paper Demand-side policies which relax borrowing constraints for homebuyers, with the aim of increasing homeownership, are increasingly common. 15 April 2026
Who gives and receives substantial inter vivos financial transfers in Britain? journal article We document new stylised facts about substantial gifts and loans made in Great Britain. 1 June 2025
Self-control and early withdrawal from retirement accounts working paper Using a policy change in Australia during COVID-19, we find that self-control issues significantly predictearly withdrawals from retirement accounts. 9 June 2026
