How can Rachel Reeves make her first Budget a success? podcast<p>We’re look at some of the challenges facing the Chancellor and what she can learn from previous Budgets.</p>24 October 2024
What options does Rachel Reeves have for the Budget? podcast<p>We explore the options the Chancellor has in the forthcoming Budget.</p>16 October 2024
How to reduce child poverty: compare the policy options calculator<p>Use these charts to compare policies for reducing child poverty and to examine how child poverty rates have changed over time across different groups.</p>3 October 2024
Autumn Budget 2024: IFS analysis event 31 October 2024 <p>At this online webinar IFS researchers presented their initial response to new Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget.</p>
IFS recruitment event: Summer students event 2 December 2024 <p>We're offer an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students.</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.
Schooled by trade? Retraining and import competition Working PaperWe study the interaction of retraining and international trade in Germany, a highly open economy with extensive state-subsidized retraining programs.28 October 2024
Wage effects of means-tested transfers: Incidence implications of using firms as intermediaries Working PaperWe show that how countries disburse tax credits matters for economic incidence by exploiting reform to the disbursement of child benefits in Argentina22 October 2024
Robust inference for the Frisch labor supply Working PaperThe Frisch labor supply elasticity plays a key role in many economic policy debates, but its magnitude remains controversial.21 October 2024
Health shocks, health insurance, human capital, and the dynamics of earnings and health Working PaperWe specify and calibrate a life-cycle model of labor supply and savings incorporating health shocks and medical treatment decisions.21 October 2024
Tax preferences and housing affordability: Exploration using a life-cycle model Working PaperWe present a dynamic life-cycle model of demand for housing, including owner occupied housing, investment property and liquid assets.21 October 2024
The effect of tax incentives on retirement saving Working PaperThis paper estimates the responsiveness of retirement saving to tax incentives for employees in Great Britain. 15 October 2024
Hidden redistribution in lifetime earnings: the role of differential mortality Working PaperLife expectancy gaps between gender and income groups are large and generate notable implicit redistribution in lifetime earnings via pension systems.9 October 2024
The effect of center-based early education on disadvantaged children’s developmental trajectories: experimental evidence from Colombia Working PaperWe study the impacts of high-quality, center-based early childhood education on low income children in Colombia, tracking participants over five years4 October 2024
Health inequality and health types Working PaperWe use k-means clustering, a machine learning technique, and Health and Retirement Study data to identify health types during middle and old age.3 October 2024
Health inequality and economic disparities by race, ethnicity, and gender Working PaperWe measure health inequality during middle and old age by race, ethnicity, and gender. 1 October 2024
Education and inequality: an international perspective Working PaperUsing existing literatures and new empirical evidence, we address whether educational expansion is an effective tool for reducing inequality. 20 September 2024
Seclusion and women's time: Descriptive evidence from India Working PaperWe use rich time-use data on where, and how, individuals spend their time to explore women’s seclusion in India.17 September 2024
What would you do with £500? (...in your own words) Working PaperWe use a new approach to better investigate differences in consumer behaviour in response to hypothetical, one-off gains and losses.12 September 2024
Focal pricing and pass-through Working PaperI show that the adoption and extent of focal pricing practices in an industry in general do not lower average pass-through of input cost changes.21 August 2024
Cheapflation and the rise of inflation inequality Working PaperUsing household scanner data for fast-moving consumer goods, we show that this was accompanied by historically high rates of inflation inequality.14 August 2024
The determinants of local housing supply in England Working PaperWe estimate local housing supply elasticities for 325 local authorities and 6,788 census tract areas in England.1 August 2024
Early home visiting delivery model and maternal and child mental health at primary school age Working PaperWe study the mental health impacts of a prenatal and infancy home visiting program for disadvantaged families, assessed through diagnostic interviews.30 July 2024
Imagine your life at 25: Gender conformity and later-life outcomes Working PaperWe analyse thousands of essays written by 11-year-old girls in 1969 to assess conformity with gender norms and its implications for future outcomes.29 July 2024
Evaluating pricing health insurance in lower-income countries: A field experiment in India Working PaperWe conducted a large-scale, 4-year trial that randomized premiums and subsidies for India’s first national, public hospital insurance program, RSBY.29 July 2024
Estimating intra-household sharing from time-use data Working PaperEstimating intra-household sharing is crucial to understanding overall inequality. However, expenditure data is almost always at the household level.19 July 2024