Poverty

Presented at Interdisciplinary Society for International Development

This article was published in Prospect Magazine on 19th October 2011.

This article was published in The Guardian on 10th October 2011.

Randomised trials have helped to shape policy in the developing world. Drawing on examples, we argue that it's time the UK made better use of this important tool for evidence-based policymaking.

This presentation was delivered at the 2011 IFS Annual Lecture by Esther Duflo, MIT.

This article was published in the Public Finance Magazine on 15th September 2011.

Paul Johnson argues that despite protests against pension cuts, public employees are often better off than private ones.

How rich do you think you are, compared to everyone else in the UK? Do you feel pretty well-off, rather poor, or just 'in the middle'? It's a simple enough question, but you may be surprised by the answer. Today, the IFS launches its first ever iPhone app, which estimates where in the income distribution you and your household fit in.

The Equalities Act 2010 places an obligation on the government to give 'due consideration' to the effects of its policies on gender inequalities. The IFS was asked by the Fawcett society to consider ways in which our tax and benefit microsimulation model, TAXBEN could be used as part of an assessment of the separate impact of Budget measures on men and women. We have today published some simple analysis that does this.

This presentation was given to the HMRC & HMT in May 2011