Fiscal Studies

Fiscal Studies is the journal of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Since its inception in 1979, Fiscal Studies has earned a reputation around the world for publishing high-quality, original research papers in a style understandable to a wide audience. Written by leading academics, policymakers and practitioners, articles are presented in a clear and accessible format designed to appeal to a broad international readership. 

Fiscal Studies welcomes academic papers of policy interest in the fields of applied micro and public economics.

Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate): 2.2

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March 2025

Special Issue: A Symposium on Poverty, the Safety Net and Child Development

Theoretical and empirical perspectives on the link between poverty, parenting and children's outcomes - Pedro Carneiro, Sarah Cattan and Henrique Neves

The safety net and child health and well-being: evidence from the United States and the United Kingdom - Anna Aizer and Adriana Lleras-Muney

Tax credits and child outcomes: lessons from the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada - Katherine Michelmore

Contributed papers

Job competition in civil service public exams and sick leave behaviour - Grace Armijos Bravo and Judit Vall Castelló

Has COVID-19 vaccination success increased the marginal willingness to pay taxes? - José María Durán-Cabré, Alejandro Esteller-Moré, Leonzio Rizzo and Riccardo Secomandi

Mortality inequality in Chile - Gedeão Locks

Fiscal Studies is a forum for original contributions in public and applied economics. Its goal is to promote a broad and rigorous discussion of public policy, contributing to advancing the academic understanding of policy design and its impacts, and to informing policymaking and its public debate. To that end, the journal publishes articles studying the behaviour of individuals and firms, their responses to public policy and the wider effects of government action on the economy, with emphasis on the application of microeconomic insights and empirical methods. Articles are presented in a clear and accessible format designed to appeal to a broad international readership of academics, policymakers and practitioners.

Journal issues are published quarterly and are usually formed of two sections. One section is dedicated to symposia, which are collections of papers in selected topical themes, offering perspectives from leading academics and practitioners in the area. The symposia will serve various purposes, such as summarising active and new areas of research, providing timely analysis of key policy-related topics, overviewing specific resources for research and policy analysis such as data or methods, or offering state-of-the-art but accessible views of a research area that could, for instance, be used in the classroom. The majority of these papers are solicited by the editors and associate editors.

The other section is populated by contributed papers. We encourage submissions from individuals not associated with the Institute and from international institutions, particularly from academic economists working on applied problems whose results have topical policy application. Contributed papers are externally refereed to ensure both the quality and impartiality of the journal. To maintain the topicality of the journal, submissions will be refereed quickly.
 

Public economics, labour markets, education, applied microeconomics, applied micro-econometrics, taxation and welfare, public finance, inequality, individual and family behaviour, ageing.

Managing Editors

James Banks, University of Manchester, UK; Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Pierre Cahuc, Sciences Po, France
Monica Costa Dias, University of Bristol, UK; Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Matthias Parey, University of Surrey, UK
Kimberley Scharf, University of Birmingham, UK
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky, USA

Advisory Board

Sir Richard Blundell (Chair), University College London, UK
Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan, USA

Associate Editors

Stuart Adam, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Antoine Bozio, Paris School of Economics, France
Arun Advani, University of Warwick UK; Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Jonathan Colmer, University of Virginia, USA
Richard Disney, University of Sussex, UK
Eric French, University of Cambridge, UK; Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Clemens Fuest, Ifo Institute and University of Munich, Germany
Egbert Jongen, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis; Leiden University, Netherlands
Sonya Krutikova, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Peter Levell, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Eric Ohrn, Grinnell College, USA
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics, UK
Emma Tominey, University of York, UK
Marcos Vera-Hernández, University College London, UK; Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester, UK

Production Editors

Rachel Lumpkin
Judith Payne, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK
 

Citation Impact

2023 CiteScore (Scopus): 13.5
2023 Journal Citation Indicator (Clarivate): 1.85
2023 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate): 2.2

Usage

2023 Full Text Views: 162,397

Speed

2023 Acceptance rate: 10%
2023 Submission to first decision: 26 Days
2023 Submission to acceptance: 6 Days