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.
Individuals’ challenges managing pensions through retirement Report How do people draw on their private pension wealth in retirement, how might this change in future, and what risks do they face? 1 April 2025
Policies to help people manage defined contribution pension wealth through retirement Report What policies might help people manage their defined contribution pension wealth in later life? 1 April 2025
£2 trillion poorer than previously thought? Assessing changes to household wealth statistics Report A recent change in ONS methodology reduced measured household wealth by over £2 trillion. But is the new approach an improvement? 21 March 2025
Family values: inheritance, inequality and social mobility Podcast Wealth concentration among baby boomers and stagnant earnings are driving the rise of the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, affecting social mobility. 3 March 2025
Small pension pots: problems and potential policy responses Report What are the consequences of the proliferation of deferred small pension pots and what are the merits of different potential policy responses? 12 February 2025
Ethnic differences in private pension participation after automatic enrolment Report What are the drivers of ethnic gaps in private pension participation rates and what consequences will these gaps have for future retirement incomes? 23 January 2025
Ethnic differences in retirement wealth accumulation in the UK Working Paper What factors contribute to ethnic gaps in private pension participation rates, and how might these gaps impact future retirement incomes? 23 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
Inheritance tax and farms Comment The Autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected? Were they a good idea? 25 November 2024
How Rachel Reeves can fix capital gains tax Comment The chancellor should focus on the tax base and close loopholes to make the system fairer 14 October 2024
Capital gains tax reform Report Should the government raise capital gains tax in the Budget? What is the case for reforming capital gains tax? What are the options for reform? 6 October 2024
Policies to improve employees’ retirement resources Report Discussion of how public policy should change to bring about better retirement outcomes for employees through their accumulation of private pensions 16 September 2024
What would you do with £500? (...in your own words) Working Paper We use a new approach to better investigate differences in consumer behaviour in response to hypothetical, one-off gains and losses. 12 September 2024
Raising revenue from reforms to pensions taxation Comment How should pensions tax relief be reformed, and could it be done in ways that raise revenue? 11 September 2024
Private pensions for the self-employed: challenges and options for reform Report How well prepared for retirement are self-employed workers and what options do policymakers have to encourage more pension saving? 9 September 2024
Making mortgage guarantees permanent will help some first-time buyers, but only if they can afford a bigger mortgage Comment Today, Labour have pledged to make the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent if they win power. We discuss the impact of such a scheme. 6 June 2024
The intergenerational elasticity of earnings: Exploring the mechanisms Working Paper We use data covering a single cohort’s first 55 years of life to explain the differences in the intergenerational elasticity of earnings. 3 June 2024
Homeownership for young adults has recovered to its 2010 level Comment What has happened to homeownership since 2010 and how do the trends differ by age and income? We consider the latest data. 29 May 2024
Raising revenue from closing inheritance tax loopholes Comment Reforms could be enacted to make inheritance tax fairer and raise revenue. 18 April 2024
The life-cycle dynamics of wealth mobility Working Paper In this paper, we use 25 years of tax records for the Norwegian population and find considerable wealth mobility over the life cycle. 10 April 2024