Higher Education Spending

Understand this issue

Where next for the state pension?

presentation

IFS researchers presented findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK, published as part of the Pensions Review.

13 December 2023

Social mobility and wealth

presentation

IFS researchers shared findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.

12 December 2023

Autumn Statement 2023: IFS analysis

presentation

IFS researchers presented their analysis of the Chancellor's announcements the day after the Autumn Statement.

23 November 2023

Policy analysis

How would the parties’ tax and spending plans affect Scotland and Wales?

report

This ‘explainer’ looks at how the parties’ proposals would affect Scotland and Wales, covering tax, spending, public finances and the constitution.

28 June 2024

General Election 2024: Manifesto Analysis Presentations

presentation

IFS researchers presented their analysis of the manifestos ahead of the 2024 general election.

24 June 2024

How do the last five years measure up on levelling up?

report

How well – or badly – has the UK fared on the 12 levelling up missions? We examine early progress and the scale of the challenge ahead.

19 June 2024

Academic research

The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous

working paper

We study the heterogeneous impact of subsequent demand shifts on wages and employment in Germany.

28 June 2024

The impact of flexibility at work on fertility

working paper

Using the increase in work flexibility during the first Covid-19 lockdown, we find a significant and persistent increase in births nine months later.

11 June 2024

Intergenerational mobility in socio-emotional skills

working paper

This paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of socio-emotional skills during childhood, using the 1970 British Cohort Study in the UK.

5 June 2024