TAXBEN: the IFS' static tax and benefit microsimulation model

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Election Special: Your questions answered

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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?

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IFS Associate Director Tom Waters explains.

27 June 2024

Election Special: The big issues politicians haven't spoken about

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What are the manifestos missing? What are the big challenges facing us? And what information should voters be aware of as they head to the polls?

25 June 2024

Policy analysis

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

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

28 June 2024

What are the parties’ plans for benefits and taxes?

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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 should we interpret parties’ public spending pledges this election?

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Parties have pledged lots of ‘fully costed’ spending policies but these tell us little about the actual funding each public service might receive.

23 June 2024

Academic research

Inference for rank-rank regressions

working paper

Slope coefficients in rank-rank regressions are popular measures of intergenerational mobility.

28 May 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

The menopause "penalty"

working paper

We estimate the effect of menopause diagnosis on employment and earnings, reliance on social safety net programs, and demand for medical care.

18 March 2024