User Guide to the End of Life
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Understand this issue

Disability, illness and pain are real problems for the entire economy

comment

"Tackling them should be near the top of any list of social and economic priorities." Paul Johnson writes in the Times.

28 August 2023

Labour Party Conference: Can the next government afford the NHS?

event 9 October 2023 at 16:15

Join us at the Labour Party Conference for this IFS/Nuffield Trust event featuring Karin Smyth MP, Shadow Minister for Health.

Conservative Party Conference: Can the next government afford the NHS?

event 2 October 2023 at 12:15

Join us at the Conservative Party Conference for this IFS/Nuffield Trust event featuring Neil O'Brien MP, Minister for Primary Care and Public Health.

Policy analysis

Is there really an NHS productivity crisis?

comment

It is difficult to measure NHS productivity. But the available evidence strongly suggests that the NHS is less productive now than pre-pandemic.

17 November 2023

Understanding retirement in the UK

report

We comprehensively examine the changing patterns of retirement in the UK for different groups in society.

1 November 2023

Women in surgery: slow progress for mothers

comment

Survey evidence published recently showed staggering levels of sexual harassment (and worse) in surgery.

31 October 2023

Academic research

Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

journal article

We examined dementia trends in England and Wales from 2002 to 2019, addressing bias and non-linearity, with limited post-2010 data.

30 October 2023

The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children's long-run outcomes

working paper

We find substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers.

30 October 2023

Accident-induced absence from work and wage ladders

working paper

How do temporary spells of absence from work affect individuals’ labor trajectory? To answer this question, we augment a ‘wage ladder’ model.

25 October 2023