What would it take to fix social care? podcast<p class="p1">How does social care work, why has reform proved so difficult, and what would it take to build a fairer and more sustainable system?</p>17 September 2026
Land value tax: the perfect tax? podcast<p>Unlike most taxes, land value tax doesn’t discourage people from working, investing or building. So why don’t we use it more?</p>7 September 2026
How to fix business rates podcast<p class="p1">Business rates are blamed for killing the high street. But would cutting them actually help shops and pubs - or simply make landlords richer?</p>27 August 2026
IFS Zooms In Live: A look ahead to the Budget event 20 October 2026 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">A special in-person recording of an episode of the IFS Zooms In podcast ahead of the Budget, looking at the choices facing the Chancellor.</span></p>
Autumn Budget 2026: IFS analysis event 29 October 2026 <p>Join us as IFS researchers present their initial response to Chancellor John Healey's Autumn Budget.</p>
IFS Public Economics Day 2027 event 8 January 2027 <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">The IFS is holding a day of talks on issues in public economics of interest to undergraduates in economics and related disciplines.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We 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.
The effects of increasing the female state pension age and the interactions with labour market histories Working Paper We examine the impact of increasing the state pension age (SPA) for women in the UK from age 60 to 66 on income, expenditure and wellbeing. 17 September 2025
How do people already out of employment fare when the state pension age rises? Report This report studies a group disproportionately affected by state pension age increases: those who had left paid work before the state pension age. 17 September 2025
Women out of employment in their late 50s harder-hit by state pension age increases; enhanced targeted support should accompany future increases Press Release Raising the state pension age boosts finances but hits women out of work in their late 50s hardest. 17 September 2025
A closer look at child poverty: understanding the problem and potential policy solutions Comment More than 4.3 million children in the UK currently live in poverty, equivalent to 30% of all children. 3 September 2025
IFS response to announced reforms to disability and incapacity benefits Comment The reforms announced today, to be implemented or consulted on, represent a fundamental change to the way that the state supports out-of-work people. 18 March 2025
How can the new government reduce child poverty? Event 3 October 2024 at 11:00 via Slido and YouTube This online event looked at recent trends in child poverty and what policy options the government has to reduce it.
How to reduce child poverty: compare the policy options Calculator Use these charts to compare policies for reducing child poverty and to examine how child poverty rates have changed over time across different groups. 3 October 2024
Child poverty: trends and policy options Report Relative child poverty has increased. Which children are most likely to be affected? What policies would most effectively reduce child poverty? 3 October 2024
Abolishing the two-child limit would be a cost-effective way of reducing child poverty but is no silver bullet Press Release Relative child poverty has increased. Which children are most likely to be affected? What policies would most effectively reduce child poverty? 3 October 2024
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 Event 25 July 2024 at 10:00 This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 Report How do rising mortgage rates and differential inflation affect incomes and poverty? How have incomes and poverty changed for pensioners? 25 July 2024
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 (Presentations) Presentation This online event presented the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK. 25 July 2024
How have pensioner incomes and poverty changed in recent years? Report This report examines the key trends in pensioner incomes and poverty over the past two decades. 19 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
Labour’s policies on workers’ rights and mandated workplace benefits Comment This comment assesses the potential impact of Labour’s proposed increases in workplace rights and benefits such as sick pay. 26 June 2024
What has happened to earnings since 2019? Report This report examines what has happened to earnings in the UK since the COVID-19 pandemic. 31 May 2024