Distributional analysis to accompany Autumn Statement 2014

Understand this issue

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

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"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

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"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

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.

Help onto the housing ladder: the role of intergenerational transfers

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We examine financial help from family to first-time buyers, quantifying this help and studying its role in homeownership and wealth inequalities.

8 December 2023

Around half of first-time buyers in their 20s receive financial help to buy their home, with large consequences for their subsequent wealth accumulation

press release

We examine the patterns of financial help for first-time home buyers.

8 December 2023

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