The Autumn Statement explained podcastWe analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.24 November 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
Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes Working PaperWe study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers using rich administrative data from the Netherlands.7 November 2022
Technology, skills, and performance: the case of robots in surgery Working PaperThis paper investigates the potential of new technologies to reduce disparities in the provision of healthcare services.7 November 2022
Firms as tax collectors Working PaperWe show that delegating tax collection to large firms can help build tax capacity in weak-enforcement settings. 31 October 2022
The impact of area level mental health interventions on outcomes for secondary school pupils: Evidence from the HeadStart programme in England Working PaperThis paper provides the first robust evaluation of the impacts on school outcomes of HeadStart for area-level mental health interventions.13 October 2022
The health effects of universal early childhood interventions: evidence from Sure Start Working PaperWe evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start.13 October 2022
IV Methods for Tobit Models Working PaperThis paper studies models of processes generating censored outcomes with endogenous explanatory variables and instrumental variable restrictions.3 October 2022
Prenatal sugar consumption and late-life human capital and health: analyses based on postwar rationing and polygenic scores Working PaperWe exploit the abolishment and subsequent reintroduction of rationing sweet confectionery in the UK and consider the effects on late-life health.26 September 2022
What drives wage stagnation: monopsony or monopoly? Working PaperWages for the vast majority of workers have stagnated since the 1980s while productivity has grown.26 September 2022
Market power and wage inequality Working PaperWe propose a theory of how market power affects wage inequality. 26 September 2022
Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: evidence from a field experiment in India Working PaperWe compare the effectiveness of targeting only adolescent girls with an approach that engages with enforcers of gender norms in the wider community.26 September 2022
Job displacement costs of phasing out coal Working PaperWe use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners.14 September 2022
First generation elite: the role of school networks Working PaperIntergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study why this phenomenon emerges.14 September 2022
Optimal random taxation and redistribution Working PaperWe assess the usefulness of stochastic redistribution among a continuum of risk-averse agents with quasilinear utilities in labor.7 September 2022
Are trade wars class wars? The importance of trade-induced horizontal inequality Working PaperThis paper demonstrates conceptually and empirically the importance of “trade-induced horizontal inequality."6 September 2022
Overconfidence and technology adoption in health care Working PaperWe study the determinants of adoption in the case of implantable cardiac defibrillators, for which we document large differences across hospitals.31 August 2022
Design of two-stage experiments with an application to spillovers in tax compliance Working PaperWe set up a framework to conduct experiments for estimating spillover effects when units are grouped into mutually exclusive clusters.22 August 2022
The impact of unions on nonunion wage setting: threats and bargaining Working PaperIn this paper we provide new estimates of the impact of unions on nonunion wage setting.18 August 2022
The distribution of doctor quality: evidence from cardiologists in England Working PaperThis paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes.9 August 2022
Wealth, gifts and estate planning at the end of life Working PaperWe quantify the size and tax-responsiveness of financial transfers made to heirs before death.28 July 2022
Parental Investments and Intra-household Inequality in Child Human Capital: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment Working PaperI study the role played by parents’ educational investment to explain this inequality and its determinants.21 July 2022
