Downloads
![Image representing the file: Download "Covid-19: Household finances and policy responses"](/sites/default/files/output_url_files/Covid-19-household-finances-and-policy-responses.pdf_0.jpg)
Download "Covid-19: Household finances and policy responses"
PDF | 294.94 KB
The pandemic has had profound consequences for incomes, spending, saving, and financial distress. In this event we brought together evidence from a number of recent pieces of research which use bank account data to shed light on these issues.
IFS researchers quantified the effects on different households’ incomes, how these have fed through to spending and saving decisions, as well as the ability to keep up with bills. They also investigated the effects of Covid case prevalence itself, public health restrictions, and the government’s income support policies – furlough, the self-employment grant, and Universal Credit.
You can watch the full event below, or download the slides:
Authors
![Isaac Delestre](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Isaac_Delestre.jpg?itok=-50Amv5e)
Research Economist
Isaac is a Research Economist in the Taxation sector, focusing on the taxation of high-income individuals and closely-held corporate entities.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Alex Davenport
Presentation details
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Davenport, A and Delestre, I. (2020). 'Covid, personal finances, and policy: evidence from bank account data' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/covid-personal-finances-and-policy-evidence-bank-account-data (accessed: 30 June 2024).
Related documents
Download "Spending during the Covid-19 crisis"
PDF | 433.67 KB
More from IFS
Understand this issue
![State Pension claim form](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-12/state-pension-claim-form.jpg?itok=OCixJu9J)
Where next for the state pension?
13 December 2023
![Nice houses with city in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-12/nice-houses-with-city-in-background_0.jpg?itok=TDx-TwSe)
Social mobility and wealth
12 December 2023
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt with red box](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-12/chancellor-jeremy-hunt-with-red-box.jpg?itok=Dah5hdYC)
Autumn Statement 2023: IFS analysis
23 November 2023
Policy analysis
![Welsh town with mountains behind](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-06/Welsh-town-feature.jpg?itok=5axb5wZn)
How would the parties’ tax and spending plans affect Scotland and Wales?
28 June 2024
![Man putting vote into ballot box](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Man-putting-vote-into-ballot-box.jpg?itok=Pa6g41dr)
General Election 2024: Manifesto Analysis Presentations
24 June 2024
![Shopping street](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-06/Street-scene-.jpg?itok=R39cR6Xp)
How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?
19 June 2024
Academic research
![Working paper cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2024-06/WP202428-The-impact-of%20labour-demand-shocks-when-occupational-labour-supplies-are-heterogeneous.jpg?itok=Erq9-V9O)
The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous
28 June 2024
![Working Paper Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2024-06/WP202427-The-impact-of-flexibility-at-work-on-fertility_Page_01.jpg?itok=pHaEvbkK)
The impact of flexibility at work on fertility
11 June 2024
![Working Paper Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2024-06/WP202426-Intergenerational-mobility-in-socio-emotional-skills_Page_01.jpg?itok=wH1znQhh)
Intergenerational mobility in socio-emotional skills
5 June 2024