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.
Health and social care budget in England under Conservative and Labour proposals with a range of potential spending baselines Data Item Health and social care budget in England under Conservative and Labour proposals with a range of potential spending baselines 23 June 2024
How should we interpret parties’ public spending pledges this election? Comment Parties have pledged lots of ‘fully costed’ spending policies but these tell us little about the actual funding each public service might receive. 23 June 2024
Government spending on health, education, and defence as shares of GDP, between 1955–56 and 2022–23 Data Item Government spending on health, education, and defence as shares of GDP, between 1955–56 and 2022–23 9 June 2024
IFS response to Labour Party announcement on NHS waiting lists Comment Experience tells us that significant waiting time reductions are possible, but the fiscal climate will make it much harder to increase health funding. 28 May 2024
The past and future of UK health spending Report How has health spending changed over the past seven decades? How does the UK compare to other countries? What is the outlook for health spending? 14 May 2024
The role of hospital networks in individual mortality Working Paper We estimate that broad-network insurers reduce mortality because they steer patients to higher-quality providers and reduce hospital congestion. 13 May 2024
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it: role models influence female junior doctors’ choice of medical specialty Comment Working alongside a greater share of senior women specialists during an early-career placement influences junior women’s own specialty choice. 24 April 2024
A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice Working Paper In this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations. 24 April 2024
Progression of nurses within the NHS Report This report examines the career progression of NHS nurses, how this compares with that of other NHS staff groups and how this has changed over time. 12 April 2024
Regional variation in earnings and the retention of NHS staff in Agenda for Change bands 1 to 4 Report We examine the association between local pay and retention of NHS hospital and community staff in pay bands 1 to 4 of the Agenda for Change framework. 10 April 2024
The consequences of miscarriage on parental investments Working Paper We exploit the random nature of single, early miscarriages to examine the impact of pregnancy loss on parental investment and family outcomes. 22 March 2024
A longer-term view of NHS waiting lists in England Comment How have NHS waiting lists and waiting times for pre-planned treatment changed over the last 40 years? 19 March 2024
The menopause "penalty" Working Paper We estimate the effect of menopause diagnosis on employment and earnings, reliance on social safety net programs, and demand for medical care. 18 March 2024
Willingness to pay for improved public education and public healthcare systems: the role of income mobility prospects Journal article These findings are based on more than 19,000 observations from the third round of the Life in Transition Survey. 14 March 2024
Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely Comment Day-to-day spending on health in England is planned to fall in 2024–25 compared with the latest budgets for 2023–24. 4 March 2024
The NHS waiting list: when will it come down? Podcast We discuss all things waiting list - What is it? How big is it? Is there a credible plan to get it back down? 29 February 2024
The past and future of NHS waiting lists in England Report NHS performance will be a key election issue. We examine how NHS waiting lists have changed in the past and how they could change in the future. 29 February 2024
Top-ups to the Scottish Budget for 2024–25 are likely – but huge uncertainty on their scale Comment More funding to top up the Scottish Government’s 2024–25 spending plans is likely to become available – but just how much is highly uncertain. 22 February 2024
The IFS Scottish Budget Report – 2024–25 Report This report looks at the key budgetary and public service issues for the Scottish Government for the 2024–25 financial year and beyond. 22 February 2024
Scottish Budget: Healthcare spending, staffing and activity Report The COVID-19 pandemic is having long-lasting impacts on NHS hospital activity, productivity and performance in Scotland, despite higher funding. 9 February 2024
