The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
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.
Labour markets, families and human capital: A workshop in honour of Costas Meghir Workshop 3 May 2024 at 09:30 This one day workshop will celebrate the many contributions to economics of Professor Costas Meghir.
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs Working Paper We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany. 2 April 2024
What you need to know about the new childcare entitlements Comment This comment looks at who will be eligible for free childcare, whether funding is high enough and what impact the new entitlements might have. 28 March 2024
Help onto the housing ladder: the role of intergenerational transfers Report We examine financial help from family to first-time buyers, quantifying this help and studying its role in homeownership and wealth inequalities. 8 December 2023
A spouse and a house are all we need? Housing demand, labor supply and divorce over the lifecycle Working Paper We use a limited commitment framework to study how changes in marriage value affect household decisions over the lifecycle. 6 November 2023
Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond Report The 2023 update analyses change in early years spending in the last 25 years and looks ahead to implications of major reforms announced in the Budget. 26 September 2023
Three challenges facing the newest Children’s Minister Comment We consider the challenges facing the newest Children’s Minister in delivering a huge expansion of funded childcare over the next two years. 31 August 2023
How did parents’ experiences in the labour market shape children’s social and emotional development during the pandemic? Report Around 50% of families saw changes in labour market status during the COVID-19 pandemic. This impacted the emotional development of their children. 1 August 2023
Characteristics and consequences of families with low levels of financial wealth Report Many families have little or no savings to access on a ‘rainy day’. We examine the types of families with low savings and what the consequences are. 16 June 2023
Early years and childcare in England: Public spending, private costs, and the challenges ahead Comment With speculation the Budget will include reforms to help with the cost of childcare, this briefing brings together the latest evidence on the issue. 8 March 2023
Progression of parents in NHS medical and nursing careers Report We examine how the length of parental leave and rates of progression after having children vary by specialty, gender and other staff characteristics. 28 February 2023
Intergenerational altruism and transfers of time and money: a life cycle perspective Working Paper We find that time investments, educational investments, and assortative matching have a greater impact on generating inequality than cash transfers. 28 February 2023
Support for childcare and the early years: Submission to the Education Select Committee’s call for evidence Report This report was submitted as evidence to the Education Select Committee for their inquiry on support for childcare and the early years. 21 February 2023
Pass it on: who receives wealth transfers and when? Event 13 February 2023 at 14:00 At this online event we presented and discussed new research on intergenerational wealth transfers made during life.
Who gives and receives substantial financial transfers in Britain? Working Paper We 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 Paper We analyse the relationships between giving and receiving significant wealth transfers and experiencing key life events. 13 February 2023
Who gives wealth transfers to whom and when? Patterns in the giving and receiving of lifetime gifts and loans Report We examine the patterns in the giving and receiving of significant wealth transfers during life, and the association of transfers with life events. 13 February 2023
Parental investments and intra-household inequality in child human capital: evidence from a survey experiment Working Paper This paper studies the role played by parents’ educational investment to explain intra-household inequality and its determinants. 7 December 2022
Shaping gender-stereotypical beliefs: the role of parents and peers Working Paper We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to explore the influence of parents and peers in shaping adolescents’ beliefs on gender-stereotypical fields. 2 December 2022
Father of the bride, or steel magnolias? 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. 25 November 2022
