Inheritance tax rises and the Budget: who's affected? podcast<p>We discuss how inheritance tax actually changed in the budget, who will be affected and whether it was a good idea.</p>15 November 2024
How big are the UK's demographic challenges? podcast<p>With birth rates at record lows, we ask what the implications are for the UK and how it might impact the public finances.</p>8 November 2024
What does the Budget mean for the UK? podcast<p>We discuss the Chancellor's first Budget and what impact the changes could have.</p>31 October 2024
IFS recruitment event: Summer students event 2 December 2024 <p>We're offer an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students.</p>
Challenges for the means-tested benefit system for older people event 11 December 2024 <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">At this online event, IFS researchers will present new research highlighting key issues with the benefit system around retirement age.</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.
Reform or replace? Three country perspectives on the use of tax incentives for structural transformation Comment This blog was originally published on odi.org on 23 October 2024 here, and is reproduced with kind permission. 23 October 2024
Resource windfalls, public expenditures and local economies Working Paper We show that the redistribution of natural resource tax revenues to non-extractive municipalities stimulates economic activity in local economies. 18 November 2024
Wealth-related taxes in low- and middle-income countries Presentation IFS Research Fellow, Laura Abramovsky, delivered the presentation at an online meeting of officials from the BMZ and GIZ. 17 May 2024
The financial inclusion agenda: Examining the role of conventional banks in deepening access to formal credit Journal article Economic Systems Using a unique district-level panel dataset, we investigate the effect of banking system penetration on financial inclusion in Ghana. 4 June 2024
Gendered fiscal incidence analysis and tax-benefit microsimulation models: Overview, opportunities, and caveats Presentation IFS Research Fellow, Laura Abramovsky, delivered the presentation jointly with Pia Rattenhuber, a Research Fellow from UNU-WIDER. 10 September 2024
Survey of the Ghanaian Tax System Report This edition of the Survey of Ghana’s Tax System provides a comprehensive overview of the tax system as of the start of 2024. 18 November 2024
6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation Conference 26 September 2024 at 08:30 Online registrations are now open for the 6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference.
Fiscal policy and gender income inequality: the role of taxes and social spending Report Persistent inequalities between women and men in income, unpaid work, paid work and other dimensions disadvantage women. 23 June 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
Taxing high-net-worth individuals: experience from Indonesia Journal article The article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'. 7 September 2023
Progressive taxation in the face of inflation and instability: lessons from Argentina Journal article The article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'. 11 September 2023
Tax equity around the world: a discussion Journal article The article is a response to Gabriel Zucman's paper 'Globalisation, taxation and inequality'. 13 September 2023
