The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
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
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.
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
Statement on Alistair Darling's passing announcement Paul Johnson reflects on the death of our Pensions Review Chair Alistair Darling 4 December 2023
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
4.2 million working-age people now claiming health-related benefits, could rise by 30% by the end of the decade press release Our new report sheds more light on forecasts for a substantial increase in the number of people claiming health-related benefits in coming years. 19 April 2024
Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results press release New research from IFS finds that Sure Start generated big improvements in the educational performance of children from low-income backgrounds. 9 April 2024
Gap between higher- and lower-paid public sector workers falls by more than a third since 2007 as doctors and experienced teachers have faced unprecedented pay cuts press release How has public sector pay changed in recent years? Which type of workers have done better and which have done worse? 26 March 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
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
