Distributional analysis to accompany Autumn Statement 2014

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How can government reduce child poverty?

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We're exploring why there's been an increase in child poverty since 2010 and options the government has to reduce this.

3 October 2024

How to reduce child poverty: compare the policy options

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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

Professor Sir Richard Blundell to give the Marshall Paley Lecture on inequalities

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Professor Sir Richard Blundell will give the lecture on the first phase of the IFS Deaton Review, recently published by Oxford University Press.

27 September 2024

Policy analysis

Share of 25- to 34-year-olds living with parents up by over a third since the mid 2000s

press release

The rise in people living with their parents has been concentrated among those in their late 20s and varies substantially by ethnicity.

11 January 2025

Air pollution in England reaches 20-year low but inequalities persist

press release

Almost everywhere in England is now below England’s 2040 target for PM2.5 air pollution, but still falling short of the WHO’s recommended limit.

6 December 2024

PM2.5 exposure by income deprivation quintile, in 2004

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The most deprived quintile consistently has higher PM2.5 pollution levels than the least deprived quintile, and this gap has widened since 2017. 

6 December 2024

Academic research

Health inequality and health types

working paper

We use k-means clustering, a machine learning technique, and Health and Retirement Study data to identify health types during middle and old age.

3 October 2024

Changing inequalities in Europe and North America: part two

journal article

This special issue is the second in a two-part series on the evolution of labour market and disposable income inequalities over recent decades.

2 October 2024

Persistent low inequality despite compositional shifts in Austria

journal article

Income inequality in Austria is moderate and has been stable in recent years. Yet, employment statistics reveal inequality trends in the labour market

2 October 2024