Why we need to reform inheritance tax podcastWe discuss the issues with inheritance tax and how to reform it.6 December 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds explainerPaul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement. 22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained podcastThis week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.16 November 2023
Education spending: an engine for levelling-up? event 11 December 2023 The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth conference 12 December 2023 At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension? event 13 December 2023 At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy landing pageThe ESRC has funded a research centre at IFS since 1991, recognised as a global centre of excellence and now with UKRI Research Institute status.15 July 2022
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
Targeting taxes on local externalities Working PaperWe consider optimal anonymous consumption taxes in situations where the magnitude of an externality varies with individuals who cause it.14 August 2023
The effect of classroom rank on learning throughout elementary school: experimental evidence from Ecuador Working PaperWe study the impact of classroom rank on children’s learning using a unique experiment from Ecuador.8 August 2023
Parental labour market instability and children's mental health during the pandemic Working PaperIn this paper we study the impact of the COVID pandemic on the mental health of school-age children in England.1 August 2023
Exploiting discontinuities in secondary school attendance to evaluate value added Working PaperWe use a new empirical strategy to test various measures of school effectiveness in England.19 July 2023
Robust estimation and inference in panels with interactive fixed effects Working PaperWe consider estimation and inference for a regression coefficient in panels with interactive fixed effects (i.e., with a factor structure).7 July 2023
The heterogeneous effects of social assistance and unemployment insurance: evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings Working PaperWe empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. 5 June 2023
For better or worse? Subjective expectations and cost-benefit trade-offs in health behavior Working PaperWe apply a framework to the role of preferences and beliefs in health behavior, and we apply it to compliance behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.16 May 2023
First generation elite: the role of school networks Working PaperThis paper shows differences in social capital are a key driver of the high intergenerational persistence in elite education. 5 May 2023
Design of partial population experiments with an application to spillovers in tax compliance Working PaperWe develop a framework to conduct experiments for estimating direct and spillover effects when units are grouped into mutually exclusive clusters.24 April 2023
Heterogeneity of consumption responses to income shocks in the presence of nonlinear persistence Working PaperWe use enhanced consumption data in the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics from 2005–2017 to explore the transmission of income shocks to consumption.14 April 2023
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.13 April 2023
Wealth and welfare across generations Working PaperThis paper examines why younger generations no longer have substantially more wealth than their recent predecessors did at the same age. 11 April 2023
Firm concentration & job design: the case of schedule flexible work arrangements Working PaperWe build a model of job design under monopsony to analyse the amenity value of job flexibility on offer across the wage and occupational distribution.6 April 2023
Household responses to trade shocks Working PaperWe study the responses of both individuals and their partners to rising Chinese import competition in the 2000s.24 March 2023
Old age risks, consumption, and insurance Working PaperWe measure the effects of income and health shocks on consumption among U.S. households over age 65.21 March 2023
Intergenerational altruism and transfers of time and money: a life cycle perspective Working PaperWe find that time investments, educational investments, and assortative matching have a greater impact on generating inequality than cash transfers.28 February 2023
The effect of tax incentives on private pension saving Working PaperThis paper estimates the responsiveness of private pension saving to tax incentives for employees in England and Wales.24 February 2023
Who gives and receives substantial financial transfers in Britain? Working PaperWe document key patterns in the flow of significant gifts and loans between friends and family in Great Britain.13 February 2023
What drives the timing of inter-vivos transfers? Working PaperWe analyse the relationships between giving and receiving significant wealth transfers and experiencing key life events.13 February 2023
Taking the biscuit: how Safari privacy policies affect online advertising Working PaperWe analyse how much advertisers are willing to pay for third-party cookies and how tightening privacy policies affect market outcomes. 9 February 2023
