Options for 1988: the Green Budget

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

Launch of the final recommendations of the Pensions Review

presentation

At this event researchers presented the final recommendations of the Pensions Review.

2 July 2025

The Pensions Review: final recommendations

report

We provide concrete recommendations to improve the UK pension system to secure better standards of living for future pensioners.

2 July 2025

The government’s proposed reforms to health-related benefits: incomes, insurance and incentives

report

This report examines how the government’s recent proposed welfare reforms affect incomes, insurance, and incentives to work and claim benefits.

26 June 2025

Academic research

Policy learning with confidence

working paper

This paper introduces a framework for selecting policies that maximize expected welfare under estimation uncertainty.

11 July 2025

Focal pricing constraints and pass-through of input cost changes

working paper

I prove that, in a simple but general framework, expected pass-through is unchanged by the presence of focal pricing constraints.

10 July 2025

Manuel de l’estimation du coût d’une politique fiscale

resource

Introduction à l’estimation du coût d’une politique fiscale: Un manuel et des exemples pratiques

8 July 2025