Events

A virtual conference on public economics will take place on the afternoons of 6th and 7th May, featuring a keynote address by Michael Greenstone.

Rising levels of wealth held by older generations, alongside slow growth in the earnings of younger generations, means that inheritance looks set to be an increasingly important source of income for today's working-age generations.

This year, for the first time and co-funded by the Scottish Policy Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies is publishing a range of Scottish Election Briefing Notes on tax, benefits and public spending, and the parties plans for the coming parliamentary term. Join us for our live webinar, in partnership with the University of Glasgow, where we will present the main findings of our analysis ahead of the election.

After decades of cuts to the corporation tax rate, a large reversal is now planned. Is this the right move? What effects will it have? Will it hurt investment or make us uncompetitive? Will it hit some sectors harder than others?

Sanitation gaps are a global problem that continue to affect large segments of developing Asia and the Pacific, despite the considerable progress of efforts to address it in recent decades. The COVID-19 crisis has further increased the importance of improving inclusive sanitation access and the lives of targeted users, especially across poor areas and vulnerable groups.

The Spring 2021 Budget will be the first one since the UK entered a series of lockdowns and Great Britain left the EU's Single Market and Customs Union. IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's announcements on the public finances, spending on public services, and the tax and the benefit system on the following day, Thursday 4 March, at an online briefing.

Pay is an important lever in attracting and keeping staff, but is subject to tight regulations within the NHS. At this event, we explored the findings of new IFS work looking at the flexibility of the current pay system and its ability to address differences in the local cost of living across the country.

Two weeks ahead of the forthcoming Budget, this event set out the economic and fiscal backdrop and some of the key policy decisions that the Chancellor will need to take.

At this event, we discussed findings from a new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which sets out the problems with the current tax treatment of business owners’ incomes and investment and discusses how the government could take practical steps towards fixing them.

This workshop is for policymakers, local and international NGOs and other stakeholders in the Nigerian WASH sector. It will discuss findings from our research on how to improve WASH infrastructure in Nigeria.

The pandemic has had profound consequences for incomes, spending, saving, and financial distress. In this event we will bring together evidence from a number of recent pieces of research which use bank account data to shed light on these issues.

The last decade has seen considerable change to the pensions environment. This event will include a keynote talk from the Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion, a presentation on a programme of IFS research in this area over the last two years, and an expert panel discussion of the implications of the research.

On 31 December the Brexit transition period will come to an end and the UK will leave the EU single market and customs union. What does this mean for VAT and customs duties? What will change? Our expert panel will explore these and other questions in this highly topical debate.

This year's Spending Review will not be the comprehensive, multi-year review we were originally promised, but will still contain a raft of important announcements. IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's announcements at an online briefing the day after the Spending Review.

Self-employment in the UK has risen dramatically. At this event, we will discuss findings from a new report that explores the nature of the rise of self-employment, what it tells us about the state of our labour market, and how the Covid-19 crisis has affected the self-employed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic changes in the delivery of routine health and social care in England. At this IFS/Nuffield Trust event, we will draw upon research from both organisations, survey data and official NHS statistics to examine the scale and nature of disruption in recent months and who has been most impacted.

Each year early career economists at IFS deliver a day of public economics talks, aimed at A-level and undergraduate students who have an interest in economics or might want to pursue a career in public policy research. As part of this year’s Festival of Social Science, we will be live streaming a selection of lectures from the series.

IFS, Discover Economics, and the Economics Observatory present Generation-COVID: a webinar for 15-17 year olds exploring what Covid-19 means for the future of the economy. What will be the impact of disruption to schools? Will the way we work change forever? Our panel of economists will answer your questions on Covid-19 and the economy.

The share of people staying on in education beyond the age of 18 has grown substantially in the UK since the 1980s. Yet until now, evidence on the effect of these qualifications on subsequent earnings has been limited. This event will present key findings from three pieces of research published in 2020 by the IFS on returns to education.

A socially mobile country provides equal opportunities for everyone, across big cities and small towns, and regardless of whether your parents are rich or poor. This event will look at the state of mobility across England and explore policy options for any government committed to a levelling up agenda.