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The Autumn Statement explained
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We analyse the Chancellor's 2023 Autumn Statement.
24 November 2023
The Autumn Statement 2023 explained in 90 seconds
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Paul Johnson responds to Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Autumn Statement.
22 November 2023
Cake or biscuit? The UK's byzantine VAT system explained
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This week, we dive into the oddities of the VAT system.
16 November 2023
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Education spending: an engine for levelling-up?
event 11 December 2023
The launch of the 2023 IFS Annual Report on Education Spending in England, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
Social mobility and wealth
conference 12 December 2023
At this in-person event, IFS researchers will share findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
Where next for the state pension?
event 13 December 2023
At this online event, IFS researchers will present findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
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Employment and income

Our research on Employment and Incomes looks at trends in employment, wages, skills and the changing nature of work. Topics include the gender pay gap, public sector pay, the rise in self-employment and the effect of the tax and benefit system on labour supply.

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Autumn Statement 2023

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All our IFS analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2023.

22 November 2023

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

Report

This report sheds light on some of the drivers of changes in housing costs over time for different groups.

17 November 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

Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make

Comment

"More of us may feel little choice but to work a year or two longer than planned." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

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

Women in surgery: slow progress for mothers

Comment

Survey evidence published recently showed staggering levels of sexual harassment (and worse) in surgery.

31 October 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

Accident-induced absence from work and wage ladders

Working Paper

How do temporary spells of absence from work affect individuals’ labor trajectory? To answer this question, we augment a ‘wage ladder’ model.

25 October 2023

The labor market effects of disability benefit loss

Working Paper

Leveraging age and health cutoffs in the reassessment, the paper estimates employment responses to loss or reduction of benefits.

29 September 2023

Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers

Working Paper

We highlight the importance of social skills as a driver for wage growth for UK workers few educational qualifications.

19 September 2023

Big firm, little firm: are differences between companies driving inequality and holding back growth?

Podcast

Debates about inequality often focus on inequalities between people. But what about inequalities between firms?

30 August 2023

Still a man’s world? Gender inequalities, parenthood and the workplace

Podcast

We ask why the gender pay gap opens up, whether things have improved in recent years, and talk about one key factor affecting women’s pay - kids.

23 August 2023

Levelling Up: Is inequality between places Britain’s biggest problem?

Podcast

Since 2019, 'levelling up' has been at the forefront of the political agenda - but is inequality between places really Britain’s biggest problem?

16 August 2023

Employment, earnings and incomes in Scotland

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How have employment, earnings and incomes performed in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK? What drives geographic inequalities within Scotland?

9 August 2023