Autumn Budget 2017: distributional analysis

Understand this issue

Cutting inheritance tax isn’t quite as simple as its proponents suggest

comment

"There are dozens of tax cuts that would be some combination of more equitable and better designed to promote economic efficiency and growth."

20 November 2023

Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make

comment

"More of us may feel little choice but to work a year or two longer than planned." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

6 November 2023

What is the point of inheritance tax?

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David Sturrock and Arun Advani write for the New Statesman on inheritance tax, social mobility and tax revenues.

29 September 2023

Policy analysis

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

report

This report sheds light on some of the drivers of changes in housing costs over time for different groups.

17 November 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

Social mobility and wealth

conference 12 December 2023 at 10:30

At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.

Academic research

Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income

working paper

This paper studies how the tax-and-transfer system mitigates income inequalities over the lifetime, which can lead to disparities in living standards.

2 November 2023

Changing inequalities in Europe and North America

conference 1 December 2023 at 08:45

This conference will feature presentations covering research from the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities.

The role of privately held firms in income inequality

working paper

We study the role of privately held firms in income inequality in Finland, especially looking at the the role of retained earnings.

29 November 2023