Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? podcast<p>We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits</p>14 May 2025
What's the future of corporation tax? podcast<p><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. </span></p>10 April 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In podcast<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(13, 13, 13);counter-reset:list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0;cursor:text;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?</p>27 March 2025
IFS Annual Lecture: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation conference 20 May 2025 <p>Professor Meredith Crowley will deliver the 2025 <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">IFS Annual Lecture. </span></p>
From Sure Start to Family Hubs: how can evidence best inform policymaking for joined up family support in the early years? conference 22 May 2025 <p>This event will explore the evidence and policy landscape around early years family support. It will also mark the launch of a new report from IFS.</p>
A look ahead to the 2025 Spending Review event 2 June 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">At this online event, researchers will present what the key choices will be at the Spending Review.</span></p>
Jobs landing page<p>At IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.</p>20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
A symposium on Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Survey: preface Journal articleFiscal StudiesThis 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 articleFiscal StudiesThe 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 articleFiscal StudiesUnderstanding 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 articleThe Lancet Public HealthWe 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 articleFiscal StudiesThe article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'.13 September 2023
Symposium: tax equity around the world - introduction Journal articleFiscal StudiesThis 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 articleFiscal StudiesThe article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'.11 September 2023
Taxing high-net-worth individuals: experience from Indonesia Journal articleFiscal StudiesThe article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'.7 September 2023
Is it time to reboot welfare economics? Overview Journal articleFiscal StudiesThe articles in this Fiscal Studies symposium engage with the question of how to revive normative questions as a central issue in economic scholarship5 September 2023
Globalisation, taxation and inequality Journal articleFiscal StudiesThis article reviews some of the challenges of increasing the progressivity of tax systems in a globalised world.31 August 2023
Twenty-five years of income inequality in Britain: The role of wages, household earnings and redistribution Journal articleFiscal StudiesWe study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the 25 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.19 July 2023
The effect of doctor strikes on patient outcomes: Evidence from the English NHS Journal articleJournal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationWe show that while many negative effects of the strikes were mitigated, the disruptions still had negative consequences for some minority groups.24 June 2023
Heterogeneity of consumption responses to income shocks in the presence of nonlinear persistence Journal articleJournal of EconometricsIn this paper we use the enhanced consumption data in the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics to explore the transmission of income shocks to consumption.15 June 2023
Sanitation and marriage markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign Journal articleJournal of Development EconomicsThis paper uses the Indian human development household survey (IHDS) to measure the additional value of sanitation within the marriage arrangement.23 March 2023
Fiscal Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1 Journal issueFiscal Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1: Symposium: the global minimum tax20 March 2023
Symposium: the global minimum tax – introduction Journal articleFiscal StudiesThe group of papers included in this symposium address some of the key issues arising in the design of a Global Minimum Tax.20 March 2023
Empirical evidence on the global minimum tax: What is a critical mass and how large is the substance-based income exclusion? Journal articleFiscal StudiesThis paper presents empirical evidence on the proposed global minimum tax (GMT) of the OECD's Pillar 2.20 March 2023
Haste makes no waste: positive peer effects of classroom speed competition on learning Journal articleThis study investigates the effects of speed competition in classrooms on young pupils' learning outcomes.16 February 2023