This briefing note updates previous IFS projections of child and working-age poverty in Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole from 2012-13 to 2017-18, and in 2020-21.
This report compares and contrasts the economic circumstances of individuals born between the 1940s and the 1970s, currently aged between their mid-30s and mid-70s.
This paper was presented at The 8th IZA Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation co-hosted by the IFS and PEPA. The conference took place on 18 and 19 October 2013
This report examined the long-run fiscal pressures an independent Scotland would face given high public spending, an ageing population, and declining oil revenues.
This report investigates the feasibility of different scenarios for spending on higher education by illustrating the implications that such spending would have for other areas of BIS spending.
The impact of immigration on the public finances is an important influence on public opinion. This paper aims to provide a thorough conceptual survey, pointing out the complexities of a full understanding and the relevance of indirect effects and covering both static perspectives and longer run dynamic issues.
There has been a marked increase in body weight across much of the developed world. This has taken place, even though data suggest that there has not been an increase in calories consumed. This leads to a puzzle. If calories are declining, why are people gaining weight?
In this briefing note, we document how the food purchases of households in the UK have changed over the recent period of recession and food price rises.
In this report, we show the effects of energy price rises over the recent past, look at what current policies mean for effective carbon prices and their impact on bills, and consider the distributional consequences of a more consistent approach to carbon pricing, alongside possible changes to the tax and benefit system that could mitigate these effects.
This Briefing Note looks at the way that tax revenue in Scotland is currently delivered and at the reform options that would be open to an independent Scotland.
This report considers the extent to which differences in parental characteristics explain gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional development between children at older ages.
This paper considers the potential role of in-home scanners as a method of data collection for national budget surveys such as the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
We show how young people's expectations about application to university change during the teenage years, drawing on the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE).
