Health and social care

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The Autumn Statement explained

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We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.

24 November 2023

2p cut is welcome but fiscal risks are serious

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"Whoever is chancellor after the next election, is going to have to face up to some hard truths," Paul Johnson in The Times.

23 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

Policy analysis

Is there really an NHS productivity crisis?

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It is difficult to measure NHS productivity. But the available evidence strongly suggests that the NHS is less productive now than pre-pandemic.

17 November 2023

What does the Autumn Statement mean for local government and public service spending?

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Kate Ogden explains the impact of the Autumn Statement on public services, council funding and devolution deals.

24 November 2023

Autumn Statement 2023

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All our IFS analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2023.

22 November 2023

Academic research

Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

journal article

We examined dementia trends in England and Wales from 2002 to 2019, addressing bias and non-linearity, with limited post-2010 data.

30 October 2023

Cost-sharing in medical care can increase adult mortality: Evidence from Colombia

working paper

To our knowledge, this study is the first to show a relationship between cost-sharing and adult mortality risk in a low- or middle-income country.

6 December 2023

The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children's long-run outcomes

working paper

We find substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers.

30 October 2023