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.
The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous Working PaperWe study the heterogeneous impact of subsequent demand shifts on wages and employment in Germany.28 June 2024
The impact of flexibility at work on fertility Working PaperUsing the increase in work flexibility during the first Covid-19 lockdown, we find a significant and persistent increase in births nine months later.11 June 2024
Intergenerational mobility in socio-emotional skills Working PaperThis paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of socio-emotional skills during childhood, using the 1970 British Cohort Study in the UK.5 June 2024
The intergenerational elasticity of earnings: Exploring the mechanisms Working PaperWe use data covering a single cohort’s first 55 years of life to explain the differences in the intergenerational elasticity of earnings.3 June 2024
The Conservatives and the Economy, 2010–24 Working PaperThis chapter documents the course of the economy over the last 14 years for the forthcoming book 'The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024'.3 June 2024
Inference for rank-rank regressions Working PaperSlope coefficients in rank-rank regressions are popular measures of intergenerational mobility.28 May 2024
Targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage Working Paper We conduct a cluster-randomized control trial of an edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan.28 May 2024
Keeping the peace whilst getting your way: Information, persuasion and intimate partner violence Working PaperWe study the effects on intimate partner violence (IPV) of new information received by men and women, relevant to a high-stakes joint decision. 17 May 2024
The role of hospital networks in individual mortality Working PaperWe estimate that broad-network insurers reduce mortality because they steer patients to higher-quality providers and reduce hospital congestion.13 May 2024
Forced displacement, mental health, and child development: Evidence from Rohingya refugees Working PaperIn this study, we conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 3,500 Rohingya mother-child pairs in refugee camps in Bangladesh.10 May 2024
Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony Working PaperUsing a cluster-randomised field experiment, this paper investigates the effectiveness of educational entertainment in promoting interethnic harmony.10 May 2024
The unintended consequences of infrastructure development Working PaperFocusing on the period from 2005 to 2015 in Peru, I investigate the social costs imposed by poor implementation of public infrastructure.8 May 2024
A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice Working PaperIn this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations. 24 April 2024
Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: Evidence from austerity cuts Working PaperFocusing on a wave of austerity cuts, I show that police station closure increased violent crimes in census blocks near the defunct stations. 24 April 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.24 April 2024
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages Working PaperWe estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US.15 April 2024
Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility Working PaperWe present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital.15 April 2024
Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children Working PaperWhat role did beliefs about risks and returns play for the allocation of time investment in children during the pandemic?15 April 2024
The life-cycle dynamics of wealth mobility Working PaperIn this paper, we use 25 years of tax records for the Norwegian population and find considerable wealth mobility over the life cycle.10 April 2024
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs Working PaperWe estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany.2 April 2024