IFS Public Economics Lecture Day

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies is holding its annual Public Economics Lecture Day on the 9th January 2025. The lectures are given by IFS researchers who are experts in different fields of public economics and on different areas of government policy. They are designed to be of particular interest to undergraduates and masters students in economics and related disciplines, but attendance is open to all members of the public. Each of the lectures explores an area of government policy, applying the tools of economic theory to give a better understanding of the issue, and drawing on relevant IFS research in the area.

The IFS is an independent research institute that provides high quality economic analysis independent of government, political party or any other vested interest. We examine a wide variety of public policy issues, from productivity growth to poverty reduction, and from promoting employment to ensuring sound public finances.

The lectures delivered at the Public Economics Lecture Day are similar to those delivered at the Economics departments in Oxford and Cambridge as part of their undergraduate degree programmes. One aim of this event is to make these lectures available, free of charge, to a wider audience of students and members of the public.

This year’s lectures will cover: early years and childhood development; the economics of wealth and wealth transfers; healthcare and social insurance; and the economics of pensions.