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 Statement 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 Statement.</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.
How should governments help households during an energy crisis? Comment The government spent billions on support to help households with their energy bills in 2022–23. Could a better-designed package have saved money? 31 January 2025
Hotel of Mum and Dad? Co-residence with parents among those aged 25–34 Report We study young adults who live with parents, considering how the share living with parents varies across groups, and how this can relate to saving. 11 January 2025
PM2.5 exposure by income deprivation quintile Data Item The most deprived quintile consistently has higher PM2.5 air pollution levels than the least deprived, and this gap has widened since 2017. 6 December 2024
Average PM2.5 exposure over time by ethnicity Data Item Ethnic minorities were exposed to levels of air pollution 13% higher than white populations in 2003; this ‘ethnic pollution gap’ shrank to 6% by 2023. 6 December 2024
Share of population facing PM2.5 levels above 10µg/m3 by ethnicity Data Item In 2019, 50% of ethnic minorities were exposed to more than 10µg/m3 air pollution. By 2023, this number had fallen to close to zero. 6 December 2024
Correlation between ethnic minority population and air pollution levels, 2003–04 and 2023 Data Item There is a clear positive correlation between the ethnic minority share and air pollution concentration. 6 December 2024
Correlation between income deprivation rank and air pollution levels, 2003–04 and 2023 Data Item The correlation between the income deprivation rank and air pollution is weaker and getting slightly stronger over time. 6 December 2024
Distribution of PM2.5 exposure by ethnicity Data Item On average, ethnic minorities were exposed to levels of PM2.5 6% higher than those for white people in 2023, down from 13% in 2003. 6 December 2024
PM2.5 exposure by income deprivation quintile, in 2004 Data Item The most deprived quintile consistently has higher PM2.5 pollution levels than the least deprived quintile, and this gap has widened since 2017. 6 December 2024
Exposure to air pollution in England, 2003–23 Report We set out how air pollution (PM2.5) has changed across England and explore inequalities by ethnicity, income deprivation, region and age. 6 December 2024
Health inequality and health types Working Paper We use k-means clustering, a machine learning technique, and Health and Retirement Study data to identify health types during middle and old age. 3 October 2024
Persistent low inequality despite compositional shifts in Austria Journal article Fiscal Studies Income inequality in Austria is moderate and has been stable in recent years. Yet, employment statistics reveal inequality trends in the labour market 2 October 2024
Did Belgium withstand the storm of rising inequalities? Income inequality in Belgium, 1985–2020 Journal article Fiscal Studies Belgium exhibits a rather constant level of income inequality over the last decades, contrary to Germany, the United States and some Nordic countries. 2 October 2024
What lies behind France's low level of income inequality? Journal article Fiscal Studies We document the evolution of working-age individual pre-tax and disposable income inequality in France since the late 1960s using household surveys. 2 October 2024
Labour market trends and income inequality in Germany, 1983–2020 Journal article Fiscal Studies This study analyses the development of inequality in Germany from 1983 to 2020, focusing on labour market trends and income inequality. 2 October 2024
Labour market and income inequalities in the Netherlands, 1977–2022 Journal article Fiscal Studies We study how changes in labour market outcomes and household composition translate into changes in household incomes in the over the period 1997-2022 2 October 2024
Equally poorer: inequality and the Greek debt crisis Journal article Fiscal Studies We discuss the evolution of inequality in Greece from 2004 to 2021, including the Greek debt crisis between 2008 and 2013. 2 October 2024
Inequality trends in a slow-growing economy: Italy, 1990–2020 Journal article Fiscal Studies This paper studies the labour supply and income inequality of individuals aged 25–55 in Italy between 1989 and 2020. 2 October 2024
To be or not to be (employed): two decades of fluctuating earnings and income inequality in Spain Journal article Fiscal Studies This paper offers a descriptive overview of the evolution of individual earnings and household income inequality in Spain over the last two decades. 2 October 2024
Education and inequality: an international perspective Journal article Fiscal Studies We study whether educational expansion is effective for reducing inequality and why some educational systems are associated more with lower inequality 2 October 2024
