The Schools Bill: what's changing and why? podcast<p class="p1">The bill aims to improve education and social care for children. But will it work?</p>11 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility podcast<p><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;">Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility.</span></p>3 March 2025
How important is the OBR forecast? podcast<p>The OBR forecast will underpin the Chancellor’s decisions at the next Spring Forecast.</p>12 February 2025
Spring Forecast 2025: IFS analysis event 27 March 2025 <p><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;">At this online event IFS researchers will present their initial analysis of the Chancellor's Spring Forecast.</span></p>
How can people be better helped to draw on their pension wealth in retirement? event 1 April 2025 <p><span data-teams="true">This online event will present new analysis of the way in which defined contribution pension wealth is currently being accessed.</span></p>
IFS residential conference 2025: How do we build a business tax system for the 21st century? conference 3 April 2025 <p>This conference, in association with <a href="https://www.deloitte.co.uk">Deloitte</a>, will discuss the UK business tax system in the context of the new Corporate Tax Roadmap.</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.
Rethinking the Education Maintenance Allowance: Lessons from a long-term analysis Comment This evidence should prompt us to look beyond simple financial incentives for classroom attendance. 10 March 2025
The short- and long-run effects of the Education Maintenance Allowance Report This report studies the long-run effect of the Education Maintenance Allowance on educational attainment, earnings and crime. 26 February 2025
The short- and long-run effects of paying disadvantaged teenagers to go to school Working Paper This working paper studies the long-run effect of a cash transfer to disadvantaged students on educational attainment, earnings and crime. 26 February 2025
Do tariffs work? Podcast We discuss the economic consequences of tariffs, why governments use them, and whether they actually achieve their intended goals. 23 January 2025
How cuts to youth clubs affected teen crime and education Comment Teenagers affected by austerity-induced youth club closures performed 4% worse in exams at age 16 and became 14% more likely to commit crimes. 13 November 2024
Health shocks, health insurance, human capital, and the dynamics of earnings and health Working Paper We specify and calibrate a life-cycle model of labor supply and savings incorporating health shocks and medical treatment decisions. 21 October 2024
Change in number of further education and skills courses completed between 2018–19 and 2022–23, by local authority Data Item Areas with the lowest levels of skill have seen biggest fall in the number of further education and skills courses completed. 19 June 2024
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
Labour’s ‘Growth and Skills’ levy would give more flexibility to firms – but employers would still need to get on board Comment How might Labour’s proposal to broaden the Apprenticeship Levy into a ‘Growth and Skills’ Levy affect training rates, especially for young people? 1 June 2024
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.
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
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away Comment "We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 15 April 2024
The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes Report We study the medium-run effect of Sure Start on academic outcomes, finding large benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. 9 April 2024
Major challenges for education in Wales Report This report examines the major challenges for education in Wales, including low outcomes across a range of measures and high levels of inequality. 21 March 2024
Behind the numbers: reassessing investment in skills and training Comment "There are concrete steps, such as reforming the Apprenticeship Levy, that the government should take to improve the existing skills system." 12 October 2023
Investment in training and skills Report The UK has seen a significant decline in investment in adult education and training. This chapter analyses how the skills system should be reformed. 12 October 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
Tax, private school fees and state school spending Report This report compares private school fees and state school spending. It also examines Labour’s proposals to remove tax exemptions from private schools. 11 July 2023
Lots more people are working, but in jobs that keep them in poverty Comment "As well as a continuing focus on making sure people can get into work, we also need to look at the quality of work." Paul Johnson in the Times. 8 May 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
