Election Special: Your questions answered podcastIn the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy. 27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained podcastWe discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.12 June 2024
General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis event 24 June 2024 IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop workshop 4 July 2024 This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024 event 25 July 2024 This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Cost of maintaining household support package rises by £14bn in light of new energy price cap Comment Both Conservative leadership candidates have promised tax cuts on energy bills. How much would these help and what would they cost? 26 August 2022
Which staff members leave the NHS acute sector? Comment Increasing retention of NHS staff is important for achieving policy goals. We examine which staff are most likely to leave the NHS acute sector. 23 August 2022
Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector Report This report examines how a range of individual staff characteristics are associated with whether individual staff members decide to leave the NHS. 23 August 2022
Design of two-stage experiments with an application to spillovers in tax compliance Working Paper We set up a framework to conduct experiments for estimating spillover effects when units are grouped into mutually exclusive clusters. 22 August 2022
IFS Green Budget 2022 Collection Policy analysis from our IFS Green Budget 2022, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and in partnership with Citi. 11 October 2022
£12 billion needed if government wants to maintain value of household support package Press Release The government would need to find £12 billion simply to achieve what it was aiming to do with the £24 billion package announced in May. 15 August 2022
The impact of unions on nonunion wage setting: threats and bargaining Working Paper In this paper we provide new estimates of the impact of unions on nonunion wage setting. 18 August 2022
The outlook for the public finances under the Bank of England’s August 2022 forecast Report This report sets out an illustrative scenario for how the current path of inflation and growth might affect government revenues and spending. 18 August 2022
Deteriorating outlook for the public finances amid heightened uncertainty casts doubt on plausibility of promises of large permanent tax cuts Press Release The two candidates for Prime Minister need to recognise the even greater than usual uncertainty in the public finances. 18 August 2022
Lack of progress on closing educational inequalities disadvantaging millions throughout life Press Release New research finds that disadvantaged pupils start school behind their better-off peers and the education system is not closing these gaps. 16 August 2022
IFS response to new NHS waiting times figures Press Release We respond to new NHS figures released today which show that there were 6.73 million people waiting for NHS treatment in June 2022. 11 August 2022
A National Care Service will mean big changes and challenges for Scottish council funding Comment Plans for a Scottish ‘National Care Service’ would centralise over £4 billion of spending and may not lead to more consistent services. 11 August 2022
