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Election Special: Your questions answered
podcast
In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about everything from borrowing to AI to the part that luck plays in the economy.
27 June 2024
Election Special: The Labour manifesto explained
podcast
We discuss the Labour manifesto launched on Thursday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
14 June 2024
Election Special: The Conservative manifesto explained
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We discuss the Conservative manifesto launched on Tuesday and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within it.
12 June 2024
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General Election 2024: IFS manifesto analysis
event 24 June 2024
IFS researchers and Director Paul Johnson will deliver their analysis of the parties' manifestos at a live-streamed press briefing.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop
workshop 4 July 2024
This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2024
event 25 July 2024
This online event will present the key findings from our latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality 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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Time to scrap the English NHS Bursary

Comment

The NHS bursary is a needless subsidy for high-earning former medical students. Now would be an excellent time to scrap it.

14 September 2023

Intergenerational mobility in the UK

Report

Your parents’ income and wealth is of ever-growing importance in determining your own position in the lifetime income distribution.

7 September 2023

Implications of the NHS workforce plan

Report

The NHS workforce plan aims for a large expansion in health service staffing. We examine the potential implications for NHS funding.

30 August 2023

Disability, illness and pain are real problems for the entire economy

Comment

"Tackling them should be near the top of any list of social and economic priorities." Paul Johnson writes in the Times.

28 August 2023

Parental labour market instability and children's mental health during the pandemic

Working Paper

In this paper we study the impact of the COVID pandemic on the mental health of school-age children in England.

1 August 2023

The costs of obesity - an update

Report

Policies that aim to reduce the prevalence of obesity have been high on the policy agenda for many years.

13 July 2023

Need, funding and geographic inequalities

Presentation

This LGA 2023 Annual Conference presentation discusses some key issues with how public service spending is allocated across England.

5 July 2023

Things go swimmingly for those generations who shout the loudest

Comment

"Right now, it is younger generations who are again bearing the brunt of economic failure." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

3 July 2023

The impact of junior doctor strikes on patient outcomes

Comment

A recent study looks at the impact of junior doctor strikes in the English NHS.

27 June 2023

The effect of doctor strikes on patient outcomes: Evidence from the English NHS

Journal article

We show that while many negative effects of the strikes were mitigated, the disruptions still had negative consequences for some minority groups.

24 June 2023

Government spending has long been targeted at the poorest in our society

Comment

Paul Johnson writes for The Times on how taking account of public service spending is critical to assessing the government's redistribution of wealth.

5 June 2023