Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? podcast<p>We discuss the government's welfare reforms aimed at helping sick and disabled people into work, and what the changes mean for health-related benefits</p>14 May 2025
What's the future of corporation tax? podcast<p><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">Corporation tax was introduced 60 years ago. Despite many predictions of its decline, it is now forecast to raise record amounts. </span></p>10 April 2025
Spring Statement 2025: IFS Zooms In podcast<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(13, 13, 13);counter-reset:list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0;cursor:text;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> What were the decisions and trade-offs made by Chancellor Reeves?</p>27 March 2025
IFS Annual Lecture: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation conference 20 May 2025 <p>Professor Meredith Crowley will deliver the 2025 <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(37, 61, 64);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:"DM Serif Text", serif;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">IFS Annual Lecture. </span></p>
From Sure Start to Family Hubs: how can evidence best inform policymaking for joined up family support in the early years? conference 22 May 2025 <p>This event will explore the evidence and policy landscape around early years family support. It will also mark the launch of a new report from IFS.</p>
A look ahead to the 2025 Spending Review event 2 June 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">At this online event, researchers will present what the key choices will be at the Spending Review.</span></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.
The Effect of Classroom Rank on Learning throughout Elementary School: Experimental Evidence from Ecuador Journal article Journal of Labor Economics We study the impact of classroom rank on children’s learning using a unique experiment from Ecuador. 7 May 2025
Rethinking the Education Maintenance Allowance: Lessons from a long-term analysis Comment This evidence should prompt us to look beyond simple financial incentives for classroom attendance. 10 March 2025
Three tests for childcare policy Presentation Christine Farquharson's presentation at the Nursery World Business Summit 2025, at America Square Conference Centre, London. 5 March 2025
Did the Education Maintenance Allowance improve outcomes? Event 26 February 2025 at 11:00 via Slido and YouTube At this online event IFS researchers presented findings on the effect of the rollout of the Education Maintenance Allowance in England.
The short- and long-run effects of the Education Maintenance Allowance Report This report studies the long-run effect of the Education Maintenance Allowance on educational attainment, earnings and crime. 26 February 2025
The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school Working Paper This working paper studies the long-run effect of a cash transfer to disadvantaged students on educational attainment, earnings and crime. 26 February 2025
Vog: using volcanic eruptions to estimate the impact of air pollution on student test scores Working Paper We demonstrate that poor air quality disproportionately impacts the human capital accumulation of economically disadvantaged children. 20 February 2025
Scottish school spending, teachers and pupil numbers Report Scotland’s schools are relatively well funded. Falling pupil rolls and workforce planning represent both challenges and opportunities going forwards. 14 February 2025
Projecting options for 16–18 education spending per student after 2025, 2009–10 = 1 Data Item To maintain spending per student at 2025–26 levels, total funding would need to rise by almost £200 million in today's prices by the end of 2027–28. 16 January 2025
The distribution of deficits and surpluses across English colleges Data Item Although there has been some improvement since 2017, 37% of colleges reported operating in deficit in 2022–23. 16 January 2025
Public spending on adult education and skills (actual and projected for 2024–25) Data Item Public funding for adult skills has declined significantly since its peak in the early 2000s. 16 January 2025
Participation in classroom-based further education qualifications by adults (19+) in England Data Item There have been large and sustained reductions to public spending on classroom-based learning over time. 16 January 2025
Hourly funding rate for ‘Preparation for work and life’ and ‘Health, public services and care’ courses Data Item The new funding rates for the 2024–25 academic year establish a consistent hourly rate, simplifying the funding system. 16 January 2025
Share of apprenticeship budget spent on each apprenticeship level Data Item The proportion of funding directed to higher-level apprenticeships (level 4 and above) has trebled between 2017–18 and 2021–22 from 13% to 39%. 16 January 2025
Spending per pupil or student per year at different stages of education (2024–25 prices) Data Item This chart compares the trends in public spending per student on various stages of education over time in England. 16 January 2025
Funding per student in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and school sixth forms Data Item Rising student numbers and inflationary pressures mean that funding per student has not increased significantly beyond 2019–20 levels. 13 January 2025
Spending per student in 16–18 colleges and sixth forms (actual and projected for 2025–26) Data Item Increased funding from the last government only partially offsets the cuts to 16–18 education of the previous decade. 13 January 2025
Repayments by lifetime earnings decile under the system applying for the 2022 university entry cohort Data Item The lowest-earning 10% of graduates repay around 1.1% of their lifetime earnings, while the highest-earning 10% of graduates repay around 1.2%. 10 January 2025
Comparing the systems applying for the 2022 and 2024 university entry cohorts Data Item Under the new system, student loans will become cheaper for high-earning graduates and more expensive for those with lower earnings. 10 January 2025
Total real-terms spending on free entitlement hours in England Data Item Total spending on the free entitlement doubled during the 2000s, and then more than doubled again during the 2010s. 10 January 2025