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Why we need to reform inheritance tax
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We discuss the issues with inheritance tax and how to reform it.
6 December 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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Health and social care

This work analyses the financing, organisation and the demand for health and social care. It studies how much the UK spends on health and social care, specific policies that affect the delivery of care, workforce issues, health inequalities and a wide set of determinants of demand for health and social care in the UK and in low and middle income countries.

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Is worsening health leading to more older workers quitting work, driving up rates of economic inactivity?

Comment

We examine labour market trends for older people to see if poorer health is driving down employment rates and causing a rise in economic inactivity

26 October 2022

Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up

Collection

Analysis of the government's tax and spending plans - and follow-up - announced as part of the mini-Budget.

17 October 2022

The health effects of universal early childhood interventions: evidence from Sure Start

Working Paper

We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start.

13 October 2022

The impact of area level mental health interventions on outcomes for secondary school pupils: Evidence from the HeadStart programme in England

Working Paper

This paper provides the first robust evaluation of the impacts on school outcomes of HeadStart for area-level mental health interventions.

13 October 2022

IFS Green Budget 2022

Report

The IFS Green Budget 2022 takes stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyses the challenges ahead.

11 October 2022

Nurse staffing and inpatient mortality in the English National Health Service: a retrospective longitudinal study

Journal article

This journal article examines the impact of nursing team size and composition on inpatient hospital mortality.

27 September 2022

Prenatal sugar consumption and late-life human capital and health: analyses based on postwar rationing and polygenic scores

Working Paper

We exploit the abolishment and subsequent reintroduction of rationing sweet confectionery in the UK and consider the effects on late-life health.

26 September 2022

Will public sector workers get a pay rise?

Podcast

With inflation squeezed living standards, will the government have to give public sector workers a pay rise?

21 September 2022

NHS waiting lists

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Read our analysis on NHS waiting lists.

20 September 2022

Overconfidence and technology adoption in health care

Working Paper

We study the determinants of adoption in the case of implantable cardiac defibrillators, for which we document large differences across hospitals.

31 August 2022

Factors associated with staff retention in the NHS acute sector

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This report examines how a range of individual staff characteristics are associated with whether individual staff members decide to leave the NHS.

23 August 2022

Which staff members leave the NHS acute sector?

Comment

Increasing retention of NHS staff is important for achieving policy goals. We examine which staff are most likely to leave the NHS acute sector.

23 August 2022

A National Care Service will mean big changes and challenges for Scottish council funding

Comment

Plans for a Scottish ‘National Care Service’ would centralise over £4 billion of spending and may not lead to more consistent services.

11 August 2022

The distribution of doctor quality: evidence from cardiologists in England

Working Paper

This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes.

9 August 2022

Long COVID and the labour market

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We assess long COVID's impact has on labour market outcomes including hours, earnings and employment.

27 July 2022

Can white elephants kill? Unintended consequences of infrastructure development

Working Paper

I provide evidence of the severe social costs imposed by infrastructure projects that are being implemented in the context of sewerage in Peru.

12 July 2022

What will the cardiovascular disease slowdown cost? Modelling the impact of CVD trends on dementia, disability, and economic costs in England and Wales from 2020–2029

Journal article

After previous, dramatic falls, CVD incidence has recently plateaued. That slowdown could substantially increase health and social care costs.

29 June 2022

The decline of home-cooked food

Journal article

We show that observed behaviour can be rationalised by the fact that the shadow price of home-cooked food, which accounts for the fact that cooking takes time, has risen relative to the price of ready-to-eat food.

20 June 2022