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.
The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous Working Paper We develop a tractable equilibrium model of the labour market with heterogeneous labour supply elasticities by occupation and across occupation pairs. 8 April 2025
Combined impact of minimum wage and tax increases may reduce opportunities for young people Comment Upcoming increases in the minimum wage and employer NICs could make it harder for young people entering the labour force. 1 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
The IFS Scottish Budget Report – 2025–26 Report This report analyses the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2025–26, with chapters on tax strategy, school spending, public sector pay and more. 25 February 2025
Scottish public sector employment and pay Report How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes? 18 February 2025
Growth in core hourly funding and providers’ costs for 3- and 4-year-olds and 2-year-olds Data Item Recent years have seen a wedge open up between funding rates and provider costs. 10 January 2025
Household responses to trade shocks Working Paper We study the impact of Chinese import competition in the 2000s on workers and their households in England and Wales. 12 November 2024
Minimum wages in the UK – how high can they go? Comment In the UK today, earnings inequality is substantially higher than it used to be. 30 October 2024
Where next for public sector pay? Event 27 September 2024 at 09:30 via Slido and YouTube This online event will look at the prospects for public sector pay for different occupations given the public spending pressures in the coming years.
Pressures on public sector pay Report Over a fifth of government spending goes on pay. We examine recruitment and retention challenges which mean that pressures could mount going forward. 27 September 2024
Is Labour's inheritance really worse than expected? Podcast We assess the Chancellor's statement on Monday about the state of the public finances. 30 July 2024
Growth and cutting inequality must go hand in hand for Labour Comment "Labour’s manifesto may barely mention it, but consideration of inequality must nevertheless be at the heart of its agenda." Paul Johnson in the FT. 23 July 2024
Changing labour market and income inequalities in Europe and North America: a parallel project to the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities in the 21st century Journal article Fiscal Studies The papers in this two-part special issue seek to provide the bases for consistent comparisons across 17 North American and European countries. 28 June 2024
The impact of labour demand shocks when occupational labour supplies are heterogeneous Working Paper We study the heterogeneous impact of subsequent demand shifts on wages and employment in Germany. 28 June 2024
Labour’s policies on workers’ rights and mandated workplace benefits Comment This comment assesses the potential impact of Labour’s proposed increases in workplace rights and benefits such as sick pay. 26 June 2024
The Conservatives and the Economy, 2010–24 Working Paper This chapter documents the course of the economy over the last 14 years for the forthcoming book 'The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024'. 3 June 2024
Seven key facts about UK living standards Report What has happened to average incomes, inequality, poverty, jobs and pay since 2009 and since 2019? How does the UK compare internationally? 31 May 2024
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages Working Paper We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US. 15 April 2024
Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility Working Paper We present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital. 15 April 2024
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs Working Paper We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany. 2 April 2024
