The Autumn Statement explained podcastWe analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.24 November 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds explainerPaul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement. 22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained podcastThis week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.16 November 2023
Education spending: an engine for levelling-up? event 11 December 2023 The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth conference 12 December 2023 At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension? event 13 December 2023 At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy landing pageThe ESRC has funded a research centre at IFS since 1991, recognised as a global centre of excellence and now with UKRI Research Institute status.15 July 2022
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
IFS Research Fellow publishes monograph on inequality Published on 7 September 2023 IFS Research Fellow Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg has published a monologue entitled The Unequal Effects of Globalization.
Goldberg is also a panel member of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequality, the most comprehensive scientific analysis of inequalities yet attempted.Details of the book are available here. You can find out more about The IFS Deaton Review here.
IFS contributor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in economics announcement Committee cites her work on generations of women in the labour market. 9 October 2023
Decades of benefit reforms have pushed more people into work – but very often into part-time, low-paid work with little prospect of progression press release UK benefit reforms in recent decades have followed a consistent pattern. 1 February 2023
IFS Director Paul Johnson joins the Times Health Commission announcement The Times Health Commission aims to address the most urgent challenges facing health and social care. 16 January 2023
Housing costs take up three-and-a-half times as much of the budgets of the poor as of the rich, with significant implications for their standard of living press release "It is not possible to understand income poverty or inequality without taking account of housing costs." 17 November 2023
Increasing concentration of high-skilled jobs in London means graduates elsewhere cannot fully capitalise on their education press release The current economic geography of the UK limits both social mobility and the effective use of talent across the country. 13 November 2023
Early retirement increasingly concentrated amongst the wealthy press release We provide new evidence on retirement patterns in the UK. 1 November 2023
IFS co-organises Paris-London Public Economics Conference 2023 announcement This year's Paris-London Conference in public economics takes place on 7th and 8th December 2023. Register to attend before 30th November 2023. 24 November 2023
Imran Rasul elected as EEA Vice-President announcement CPP Director and UCL Professor Imran Rasul is the new Vice-President (President-Elect in 2025 & President in 2026) of the EEA. 21 November 2023
Call for papers: 5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Research Conference announcement Submissions are open until 15th May for the 5th World Bank/IFS/ODI Research Conference on the "Political Economy of Public Finances". 3 April 2023
