The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
The employment and distributional impacts of nationwide minimum wage changes Journal articleWe assess the impact of the change in the UK’s minimum wage between 2016 and 2019 on wages, earnings, employment and household incomes.10 April 2024
Willingness to pay for improved public education and public healthcare systems: the role of income mobility prospects Journal articleThese findings are based on more than 19,000 observations from the third round of the Life in Transition Survey.14 March 2024
Unfunded mandates and taxation Journal articleIn mid-2006, the Chinese central government increased the salaries and pensions of civil servants in its coastal areas but a funded mandate in others.14 March 2024
Does the value-added tax add value? Lessons using administrative data from a diverse set of countries Journal articleWe draw on firm-level administrative VAT records from 11 countries at different income levels to examine the functioning of real-world VAT systems. 9 February 2024
Sample composition and representativeness on Understanding Society Journal articleIn this paper, we provide an overview of the sample design of Understanding Society and the consequent nature of design weights.2 February 2024
Understanding Society: minimising selection biases in data collection using mobile apps Journal articleWe review the potential barriers to data collection using mobile apps and experimental evidence collected with the UK Household Longitudinal Study.2 February 2024
Understanding Society: the income data Journal articleWe introduce the income data of Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study.2 February 2024
Understanding Society: health, biomarker and genetic data Journal articleUnderstanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study includes a wide range of health measures, and in particular biomarker and genetic data. 2 February 2024
Financing UK democracy: a stocktake of 20 years of political donations disclosure Journal articleWe study political donations data disclosed since 2001 to evaluate the role of private and public political finance over time.2 February 2024
Saving by buying ahead: stockpiling in response to lump-sum payments Journal articleThis study uses variations in state income tax refunds over time to estimate consumption responses to lump-sum payments.2 February 2024
Intertemporal income shifting and the taxation of business owner-managers Journal articleWe show that responses of UK company owner-managers to personal taxes are due to intertemporal income shifting and not reductions in business activity24 January 2024
A symposium on Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Survey: preface Journal articleThis current symposium contains a collection of papers on the UK Household Longitudinal Survey, most commonly known as Understanding Society.17 January 2024
A symposium on Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Survey: introduction Journal article The UK Household Longitudinal Study began in 2009, and built on and incorporated its predecessor the British Household Panel Survey.17 January 2024
Using Understanding Society to study intergenerational wealth mobility in the UK Journal articleUnderstanding society is invaluable for studying the intergenerational persistence of outcomes including income, health and wealth. 17 January 2024
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 articleWe examined dementia trends in England and Wales from 2002 to 2019, addressing bias and non-linearity, with limited post-2010 data. 30 October 2023
Tax equity around the world: a discussion Journal articleThe article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'. 13 September 2023
Symposium: tax equity around the world - introduction Journal articleThis set of issues was showcased at the 4th World Bank Tax Conference in September 2022, which focused on ‘Global Tax Equity’.11 September 2023
Progressive taxation in the face of inflation and instability: lessons from Argentina Journal articleThe article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'.11 September 2023
