The IFS launches ESRC Centre

The Institute has launched a research centre with renewed funding for five years from the Economic and Social Research Council.

A launch event was held on 15 October 2015. At this event we celebrated the launch of the 2015 - 2020 Centre and showcased the work carried out by the ESRC Centre for Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the IFS.

The ESRC Centre for Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) is central to the research carried out and disseminated by IFS. It provides the long-term funding that allows IFS to carry out groundbreaking independent research in economics and microeconometrics, and to invest in developing a unique range of models and datasets. It is only through ESRC Centre funding that the IFS is able to maintain the combination of impartiality, rigour and authority which are essential if we are to continue to achieve wide-ranging impact on policy and to inform the public debate.