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.
The gender gap in pension saving Report We document disparities in pension incomes and pension saving between men and women in the UK, and analyse the drivers behind these gaps. 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
Inequalities: which ones matter, and what to do about them? Presentation Paul Johnson gave a talk at the Oxford Martin School where he drew on the extensive work of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities. 27 February 2023
To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power Working Paper We study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. 24 January 2023
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
Revealed beliefs and the marriage market return to education Working Paper This paper develops a new methodology to analyse how parents in Rajasthan, India make choices about their daughters’ schooling and marriage. 23 November 2022
The gendered division of paid and domestic work under lockdown Journal article This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the effects of the pandemic on the division of labour between parents of school-aged children. 21 November 2022
Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: Evidence from India Comment Changing the attitudes and behaviours of those enforcing restrictive societal norms is critical for meaningful improvements in women’s wellbeing. 24 October 2022
Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: evidence from a field experiment in India Working Paper We 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
Which staff members leave the NHS acute sector? Comment Increasing retention of NHS staff is important for achieving policy goals. We examine which staff are most likely to leave the NHS acute sector. 23 August 2022
Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector Report This report examines how a range of individual staff characteristics are associated with whether individual staff members decide to leave the NHS. 23 August 2022
Early childhood education and care: effects after half a century and their mechanisms Journal article This paper investigates the long-term effects of a universal early childhood education and care programme and underlying mechanisms. 9 June 2022
Earnings risk, government policy, and household welfare Working Paper The project documents that the dynamics of male and female labour earnings in the UK is substantially richer than typically assumed. 20 May 2022
Gender inequalities in work and pay explained Explainer What has been happening to the gender pay gap? Do inequalities emerge when parenthood begins? We explore gender inequalities in work and pay. 20 March 2022
Percentage of women and hours of work one to three years after maternity leave, by specialty Data Item Percentage of women and hours of work one to three years after maternity leave, by specialty. 8 March 2022
Working patterns of doctors and nurses returning from maternity leave Comment We examine how contracted hours change after nurses and doctors return from maternity leave and how this varies across NHS trust and specialty. 8 March 2022
Maternity and the labour supply of NHS doctors and nurses Report We examine how contracted hours change after nurses and doctors return from maternity leave, and how this varies across NHS trust and specialty. 8 March 2022
Does more free childcare help parents work more? Journal article We study the potential impact of expanding childcare subsidies to increase the labour force participation of parents with young children. 16 December 2021
Men and women at work: the more things change the more they stay the same? Event 6 December 2021 at 09:30 This online event presents new evidence on economic inequalities between men and women. It investigates how far patterns of work and pay have changed over time and what the causes of the persistent gaps are.