The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
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.
Assessing the Welsh Government’s consultation on reforms to council tax Report We analyse the impact of the possible approaches to council tax reform set out in the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘A fairer council tax’. 14 November 2023
Distributional analysis of Ghana’s tax system Report This report analyses the distributional impacts of Ghana’s direct and indirect tax systems using the GHATAX microsimulation model. 18 December 2023
The changing geography of jobs Report This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK. 13 November 2023
A spouse and a house are all we need? Housing demand, labor supply and divorce over the lifecycle Working Paper We use a limited commitment framework to study how changes in marriage value affect household decisions over the lifecycle. 6 November 2023
Walk the talk: Measuring green preferences with social media data Working Paper We created a unique data set based on social media data by collecting all the tweets of 54,000 Swedish citizens between January and June 2019. 6 November 2023
Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income Working Paper This paper studies how the tax-and-transfer system mitigates income inequalities over the lifetime, which can lead to disparities in living standards. 2 November 2023
Understanding retirement in the UK Report We comprehensively examine the changing patterns of retirement in the UK for different groups in society. 1 November 2023
The minimum wages, turnover, and the shape of the wage distribution Working Paper We find that minimum wage hikes don't cause an unusual concentration of job leavers below the new minimum wage, defying neoclassical model prediction. 30 October 2023
The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children's long-run outcomes Working Paper We find substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. 30 October 2023
Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Journal article We examined dementia trends in England and Wales from 2002 to 2019, addressing bias and non-linearity, with limited post-2010 data. 30 October 2023
Incapacity benefits changes strengthen work incentives for over a million, but hundreds of thousands left worse off Press Release 520,000 individuals would see their benefit entitlements fall under the reform, typically by £390 per month. 26 October 2023
Professor Imran Rasul to lead IFS new research project Announcement Professor Imran Rasul, CPP Director, will lead an IFS project on economic opportunities across racial and ethnic groups in the United Kingdom. 25 October 2023
