How to reduce child poverty: compare the policy options calculator<p>Use these charts to compare policies for reducing child poverty and to examine how child poverty rates have changed over time across different groups.</p>3 October 2024
How can government reduce child poverty? podcast<p>We're exploring why there's been an increase in child poverty since 2010 and options the government has to reduce this.</p>3 October 2024
Are people saving enough into their pensions? podcastAutomatic enrolment has been successful in getting more people into workplace pensions, but are they saving enough?20 September 2024
Should the government increase capital gains tax? event 7 October 2024 This online event will look at the case for reforming capital gains tax and what the government could do in the upcoming budget.
IFS Green Budget 2024 event 10 October 2024 The IFS Green Budget will assess the state of the UK economy and the new government’s fiscal position ahead of their first Budget.
IFS Zooms In Live: How to make your first Budget a success event 23 October 2024 Join us for a special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS podcast the week ahead of Rachel Reeves' all-important first Budget.
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.
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.
Professor Sir Richard Blundell to give the Marshall Paley Lecture on inequalities announcement Professor Sir Richard Blundell will give the lecture on the first phase of the IFS Deaton Review, recently published by Oxford University Press. 27 September 2024
Cuts to council services likely unless cost pressures abate – even with the biggest council tax increases for 20 years press release Cuts to some council services are likely unless spending pressures abate, even with big increases in council tax and especially in more deprived areas 21 June 2024
IFS Deputy Director Carl Emmerson made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences announcement Deputy Director Carl Emmerson has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. 4 March 2024
Delivering better public services may require reforming public sector pay, not just raising it press release Each part of the public sector faces its own challenges, but recruitment and retention issues loom large. 26 September 2024
320,000 people pushed into poverty because of mortgage interest rate rises press release "Poverty statistics that hide the real scale of increases risk policymakers missing what is truly happening to poverty." 25 July 2024
IFS response to new government's 'fiscal lock' press release "The new government’s ‘fiscal lock’ is broadly sensible but largely performative." 18 July 2024
Very weak income growth for poor pensioners has meant rising pensioner poverty since 2011 press release This report examines the key trends in pensioner incomes and poverty over the past two decades. 19 July 2024
Oxford University Press publishes the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities announcement Multi-year IFS review published by Oxford University Press in special edition of the journal Oxford Open Economics. 17 July 2024
Itay Saporta Eksten visits IFS announcement We are pleased to welcome Professor Itay Saporta Eksten as a visitor to the IFS for the next eighteen months. 31 January 2024
