The tax and spending choices facing Andy Burnham podcast<p class="p1">Andy Burnham faces difficult choices over tax, borrowing and public spending. How much room will the new Prime Minister have to act?</p>16 July 2026
Will devolution solve the UK’s economic woes? podcast<p>Could devolution boost UK growth, or would it widen regional divides? We ask what shifting power from Westminster would really mean.</p>9 July 2026
The inequality of 'good jobs' podcast<p>What makes a good job? This episode explores pay, progression, flexibility and why access to better work is unequal.</p>25 June 2026
IFS Annual Lecture: Are Ideas Harder to Find, Overall? event 12 October 2026 <p><span data-teams="true">Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion will deliver the 2026 IFS Annual Lecture.</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.
At scale implementation and the perils of fragmentation Working Paper Governments frequently rely on multiple actors to deliver technology-adoption policies at scale, yet we find that information can reduce adoption. 7 January 2026
Sanitation marketing in Nigeria Journal article World Development We evaluate the effectiveness of a sanitation marketing intervention aimed at increasing the supply of improved toilet products in rural Nigeria 28 June 2025
Complementarities in the production of child health Journal article Journal of Human Capital We show that water, sanitation and hygiene practices (WASH) and nutrition are complements in the formation of child height and weight. 2 April 2025
Evidence on designing sanitation interventions Journal article Journal of Development Economics We discuss the new findings on sanitation provision from the 12 papers in this special issue. 1 October 2024
The unintended consequences of infrastructure development Journal article The Review of Economics and Statistics Focusing on the period from 2005 to 2015 in Peru, I investigate the social costs imposed by poor implementation of public infrastructure. 17 May 2024
Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities: Theory and experimental evidence from India Working Paper This paper provides novel evidence on the trade-off between public service delivery and free riding in low- and middle-income countries. 15 November 2023
Sanitation and marriage markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign Journal article Journal of Development Economics This paper uses the Indian human development household survey (IHDS) to measure the additional value of sanitation within the marriage arrangement. 23 March 2023
Increasing the adoption of safe sanitation infrastructure: Evidence from India Comment Labeled microcredit loans increase the take-up of safe toilets, but take-up and conversion are influenced by intra-household gender differences. 22 March 2023
Community matters: Heterogeneous impacts of a sanitation intervention Journal article World Development We study the effectiveness of a widely adopted participatory community-level information intervention aimed at improving sanitation. 8 February 2023
Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan Comment Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours. 27 January 2023
Labeled loans and human capital investments Working Paper We provide rigorous evidence of the impacts of labelled microcredit on household sanitation investment and borrowing behaviour. 24 January 2023
To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power Working Paper We study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. 24 January 2023
Labeled loans and human capital investments Journal article Journal of Development Economics We provide novel evidence that labeled microcredit is effective in influencing household borrowing and investment decisions. 14 January 2023
When nature calls back: Sustaining behavioral change in rural Pakistan Journal article Journal of Development Economics We implement a randomized controlled trial and a qualitative study to assess whether, and if so how, behavioral change can be sustained. 16 July 2022
Can white elephants kill? Unintended consequences of infrastructure development Working Paper I provide evidence of the severe social costs imposed by infrastructure projects that are being implemented in the context of sewerage in Peru. 12 July 2022
MaiMwana - IFS Economic Survey Internal Dataset The MaiMwana - IFS Economic Survey is a longitudinal dataset of approx. 3200 women aged 17-43 years and their households collected in Malawi. 22 April 2022
Public service delivery and free riding: experimental evidence from India Working Paper This paper provides novel evidence on the trade-off between public service delivery and free riding in low- and middle-income countries. 14 April 2022
Sanitation and credit constraints – The role of labelled microcredit in India’s Swacch Bharat Mission subsidy scheme Working Paper We provide rigorous evidence of the impacts of labelled microcredit on household sanitation investment and borrowing behaviour. 4 February 2022
When nature calls back: sustaining behavioural change in rural Pakistan Working Paper We implement a mixed method approach to assess whether, and if so how, behavioural change can be sustained. 3 December 2021
Sanitation and marriage markets in India: evidence from the total sanitation campaign Working Paper We analyse marriage decisions in rural India, focusing on the added attractiveness of sanitation within the marital living arrangement. 3 December 2021
