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.
The impact of the National Living Wage on wages, employment and household incomes Report We examine the effects that the National Living Wage has had on wages, employment, and households’ incomes after accounting for taxes and benefits. 9 December 2021
For every 10 employees brought onto the National Living Wage since 2016, another 3 employees have seen a pay rise above the NLW because of the reform Press Release There is evidence of wage rises up to £1.50 above the NLW (i.e. up to £9.71 in 2019), due to factors like firms wanting to maintain pay differentials. 9 December 2021
The distributional and employment impacts of nationwide Minimum Wage changes Working Paper We estimate the effect of the introduction of the UK’s National Living Wage in 2016, and increases in it up to 2019, using a new empirical method. 9 December 2021
Effect of health insurance in India: a randomized controlled trial Working Paper We report on a large randomized controlled trial of hospital insurance for above-poverty-line Indian households. 7 December 2021
Where are all the missing hospital patients? Comment Millions of people missed out on hospital care during the pandemic, but still haven’t come forward to join the waiting list. Where are they? 7 December 2021
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
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 3 December 2021
Product market competition, creative destruction and innovation Working Paper We examine the economic analysis of the relationship between innovation and product market competition. 3 December 2021
Education spending changes put a major brake on levelling up Press Release The cuts to education spending over the last decade are effectively without precedent in post-war UK history. 30 November 2021
2021 annual report on education spending in England Report This report looks at annual education spending in the UK. 30 November 2021
Ethnicity inequalities in Covid disruption to hospital admissions Comment Areas with larger ethnic minority populations experienced greater reductions in emergency admissions during the first ten months of the Covid-19 pandemic. 26 November 2021
Which university degrees are best for intergenerational mobility? Report We investigate the extent to which individual universities, subjects and courses promote intergenerational mobility. 24 November 2021
