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.
Call for papers: IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025 Conference 16 May 2025 at 09:00 London Submissions are open until 15th February for the IFS-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMIC 2025
Why is the government reforming health-related benefits? Podcast 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 14 May 2025
The impact of work on cognition and physical disability: Evidence from English women Journal article Labour Economics We show that remaining in work has significant positive causal effects on the average cognition and physical mobility of older women in England. 13 May 2025
Working in your 60s: a way to stay young for some Comment On average, women who remained in work for longer following increases in the state pension age saw improved cognition and less physical disability. 13 May 2025
The health effects of universal early childhood interventions: evidence from Sure Start Working Paper We estimate the health impacts of Sure Start, a universal integrated ECI in England, from infancy to adolescence. 9 May 2025
The relationship between NHS waiting lists and health-related benefit claims Report Have increases in NHS waiting lists and waiting times contributed to the growing number of people claiming working-age health-related benefits? 2 May 2025
Subjective expectations and demand for contraception Working Paper We collect data on the subjective beliefs of married, adult women not wanting a pregnancy and estimate a structural model of contraceptive choices. 9 April 2025
Scottish Fiscal Sustainability Report – immediate response Comment Today’s SFC report highlights the fiscal challenges facing the Scottish and UK governments over coming decades. 8 April 2025
The menopause "penalty" Working Paper We show that a menopause diagnosis leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment, alongside greater reliance on social transfers. 21 March 2025
Percentage of patients waiting less than 18 weeks for elective treatment in England Data Item Performance against the NHS' 18-week waiting times target has since deteriorated gradually before a sharp fall during the pandemic. 20 March 2025
Number of patients on the elective waiting list and percentage waiting less than 18 weeks, 2007–24 Data Item 18-week performance has remained around 60% since 2022, despite the list size varying between 6.1 million and 7.8 million during this time. 20 March 2025
Simulated list size and performance against the 18-week target under a variety of treatment growth rate assumptions Data Item Although performance improves in each case, in none of our scenarios does performance reach the 92% target by the end of the parliament. 20 March 2025
Simulated list size and performance against the 18-week target under medium (3.5%) treatment growth rates Data Item In none of our scenarios with medium growth in treatment volumes is the NHS' 18-week target achieved by the end of the parliament. 20 March 2025
The NHS may have to prioritise the less sick to recover elective performance Comment Modelling of NHS waiting times shows increased activity, demand reduction, and patient prioritisation needed to meet the 18-week waiting time target. 20 March 2025
Can the government achieve its 18-week elective waiting time target? Report Simulation modelling of NHS elective waiting times in England shows that the government’s 18-week target is unlikely to be met in this parliament. 20 March 2025
Biggest welfare saving fiscal events (policy measures targeted at working-age and children) Data Item This £5bn saving is the largest cut to welfare in almost a decade, but is smaller in scale than cuts made during the 2010s. 18 March 2025
Comparing weekly incapacity benefits and unemployment benefit levels over time Data Item The gap between the basic level of unemployment benefit and the highest level of incapacity benefit which had widened for decades is now set to shrink 18 March 2025
IFS response to announced reforms to disability and incapacity benefits Comment The reforms announced today, to be implemented or consulted on, represent a fundamental change to the way that the state supports out-of-work people. 18 March 2025
The role of changing health in rising health-related benefit claims Report Is the working-age population less healthy since the pandemic? What role is changing health playing in rising health-related benefit claims? 12 March 2025
Multitasking, two-part contracts, and bunching: an application to doctors' tasks Working Paper The optimal design of incentive contracts critically depends on whether the tasks performed by agents are complementary or substitutable. 24 February 2025