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Presented at the IFS Post-Budget Briefing 2015 on 19th March, 2015.
Listen to the recording of the presentation with accompanying slides.
Additional distributional analysis by James Browne and William Elming.
Authors

Robert Joyce
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0678
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Joyce, R. (2015). 'Household incomes: overall trends and the impact of tax and benefit changes' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/household-incomes-overall-trends-and-impact-tax-and-benefit-changes (accessed: 24 April 2025).
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