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.
How do the last five years measure up on levelling up? Report How well – or badly – has the UK fared on the 12 levelling up missions? We examine early progress and the scale of the challenge ahead. 19 June 2024
How has the NLW affected pay differentials within firms? Comment Some evidence on the effects of the National Living Wage on firms' wage structures. 16 February 2024
The role of privately held firms in income inequality Working Paper We study the role of privately held firms in income inequality in Finland, especially looking at the the role of retained earnings. 29 November 2023
The changing geography of jobs Report This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK. 13 November 2023
Mafia infiltrations in times of crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 shock Working Paper We analyse the risk of mafia capture of firms operating in the legal economy and the relationship between firm performance and mafia infiltration. 9 October 2023
Full expensing and the corporation tax base Report This report discusses the temporary full-expensing policy and whether it should be made a permanent part of the corporate tax base. 6 October 2023
Tax and public finances: the fundamentals Report This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades. 23 August 2023
Firm concentration & job design: the case of schedule flexible work arrangements Working Paper We 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
Taking the biscuit: how Safari privacy policies affect online advertising Working Paper We analyse how much advertisers are willing to pay for third-party cookies and how tightening privacy policies affect market outcomes. 9 February 2023
Job ladder, human capital, and the cost of job loss Working Paper We propose a structural model of the labour market with heterogeneous firms, on-the-job search and accumulation of specific and general human capital. 13 December 2022
Firm heterogeneity and the impact of payroll taxes Working Paper We examine the heterogeneous impact of a large payroll tax cut for older workers in Hungary. 24 November 2022
If we can’t have lower corporate taxes, can they at least be stable? Comment "What is needed is a coherent plan for the future of corporation tax as part of a wider fiscal strategy." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 7 November 2022
Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes Working Paper We study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers using rich administrative data from the Netherlands. 7 November 2022
Firms as tax collectors Working Paper We show that delegating tax collection to large firms can help build tax capacity in weak-enforcement settings. 31 October 2022
What drives wage stagnation: monopsony or monopoly? Working Paper Wages for the vast majority of workers have stagnated since the 1980s while productivity has grown. 26 September 2022
Market power and wage inequality Working Paper We propose a theory of how market power affects wage inequality. 26 September 2022
The impact of unions on nonunion wage setting: threats and bargaining Working Paper In this paper we provide new estimates of the impact of unions on nonunion wage setting. 18 August 2022
Why is inequality in the labour market growing? Explainer Giulia Giupponi takes us through the latest research on the UK labour market. 3 August 2022
How do firms impact inequality? Explainer In this video, John Van Reenan takes us through the latest research on firms in the UK - and looks at their impact on inequality. 16 June 2022
It’s time to take a firmer grip on companies and competition law Comment Globalisation, inequality, feeble productivity growth, earnings stagnation, the falling labour share of national income — the most important features of economic life. And one institution binds them together: the firm. 25 April 2022
