Election Special: Your questions answered podcastIn 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
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.12 June 2024
General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis event 24 June 2024 IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop workshop 4 July 2024 This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 event 25 July 2024 This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
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.
Inequality in the UK: 1968-2021 ReportHow have employment and earnings changed in the UK over the last 50 years? What has the effect been on average incomes and income inequality?29 November 2023
Housing costs and income inequality in the UK ReportThis report sheds light on some of the drivers of changes in housing costs over time for different groups.17 November 2023
Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education ReportWe examine how less affluent students perform compared with their more affluent peers in PISA tests, ahead of the new data release in December 2023.16 November 2023
Assessing the Welsh Government’s consultation on reforms to council tax ReportWe analyse the impact of the possible approaches to council tax reform set out in the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘A fairer council tax’.14 November 2023
The changing geography of jobs ReportThis report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.13 November 2023
Understanding retirement in the UK ReportWe comprehensively examine the changing patterns of retirement in the UK for different groups in society.1 November 2023
The effects of reforms to the Work Capability Assessment for incapacity benefits ReportWe investigate the potential impacts of the government’s proposed reforms to the Work Capability Assessment.26 October 2023
Green Budget 2023 ReportThe Chancellor is in a fiscal bind as low growth and high debt interest payments limit any room for manoeuvre in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.17 October 2023
Outlook for the public finances ReportIn the current environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, tax cuts at the upcoming Budget would be extremely difficult to justify.17 October 2023
UK Outlook: Fallout ReportThe UK economy remains stuck between weak growth on the one hand and the risk of persistently high inflation on the other.17 October 2023
Global economic outlook: how hard will we land? ReportThe fight against inflation continues to dominate the global economic policy agenda. 17 October 2023
Policy risks to the fiscal outlook ReportPressures on both revenue and spending are skewed to add to borrowing over the next few years, and threaten the ‘centrality’ of official forecasts.17 October 2023
Investment in training and skills ReportThe UK has seen a significant decline in investment in adult education and training. This chapter analyses how the skills system should be reformed.12 October 2023
School and neighbourhood segregation in Scotland and England ReportWe document the patterns of neighbourhood and secondary school segregation across England and Scotland10 October 2023
Public sector net worth as a fiscal target ReportWe consider the case for and against a fiscal target for public sector net worth.7 October 2023
Full expensing and the corporation tax base ReportThis report discusses the temporary full-expensing policy and whether it should be made a permanent part of the corporate tax base.6 October 2023
Chancellors’ responses to economic news ReportChancellors don’t respond symmetrically to good and bad economic news. This represents a risk to the accuracy of official borrowing forecasts. 28 September 2023
Reforming inheritance tax ReportWe set out issues with the inheritance tax system and examine options for reform and the distributional impacts of reforming or abolishing the tax.27 September 2023
Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond ReportThe 2023 update analyses change in early years spending in the last 25 years and looks ahead to implications of major reforms announced in the Budget.26 September 2023
Unveiling school effectiveness: Progress 8, parental choices and closing the achievement gap ReportWe show that Progress 8 is a reliable measure of school effectiveness and that parents often do not apply to their most effective local school.21 September 2023