Election Special: Your questions answered podcastIn the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy. 27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.12 June 2024
General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis event 24 June 2024 IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop workshop 4 July 2024 This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 event 25 July 2024 This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
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Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
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Election Special: Your questions answered podcast In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy. 27 June 2024
What is the two-child limit in benefits? explainer IFS Associate Director Tom Waters explains. 27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained podcast We discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it. 14 June 2024
What are the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes? calculator Use our simple interactive tool to see how the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes would impact household incomes over the next five years. 24 June 2024
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
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
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
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages working paper We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US. 15 April 2024
Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility working paper We present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital. 15 April 2024
