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.
A rise in ‘superstar firms’, with many of the rest stagnating, has put upward pressure on wage inequality Press Release "One part of tackling growing inequality between people needs to include tackling the market power enjoyed by some firms." 3 March 2022
Firms and inequality Book Chapter This chapter assesses inequality between firms in the UK. 3 March 2022
Challenges for levelling up Presentation At this event, IFS researchers put the Levelling Up White Paper in context by outlining the current pattern of taxes and public spending around the country and presenting new work that looks at geographic inequalities in labour market outcomes. 4 February 2022
Spatial disparities across labour markets Book Chapter Spatial inequalities in the UK are profound and persistent. This IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities chapter looks at their impacts. 2 February 2022
Barely any change to gender earnings gap in last 25 years once you account for increases in women’s education Press Release The average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019. 6 December 2021
Women and men at work Report We look at the differences between men and women in all activities that can be labelled as ‘work’. 6 December 2021
Men and women at work: the more things change the more they stay the same? Presentation This online event presented new evidence on economic inequalities between men and women. 6 December 2021
The interplay among wages, technology and globalisation: the labour market and inequality, 1620–2020 Report For the last four centuries, technology and wage rates have evolved together. 26 November 2021
Trade and inequality in Europe and the US Report What do shifts in trade patterns – such as surges in import competition or new trade barriers due to Brexit – mean for different workers? 16 November 2021
Shifting trade patterns and inequality in rich countries Comment What do shifts in trade patterns – such as surges in import competition or new trade barriers due to Brexit – mean for different workers? 16 November 2021
Most people care about inequalities – but there is little agreement about what, if anything, government should do about them Press Release Most people say, when prompted, that they are concerned about inequalities. But the degree of concern is highly variable. 23 September 2021
Second-generation ethnic minorities are achieving great success in education, but this does not translate into equal success in the labour market Press Release Second-generation ethnic minorities are more likely to achieve high educational qualifications but this does not translate into labour market success. 29 June 2021
