The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) delivered the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
The National Living Wage: What's happened to pay and living standards? Agnes Norris Keiller Published on 20 June 2018 We look at how low-paid workers’ pay, and their household living standards, have risen after the introduction of the National Living Wage in 2016. Employment and income Employment Poverty Inequality
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
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away comment "We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 15 April 2024
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
Living standards since the last election report New income statistics suggest this parliament is on course to be the worst for living standards on record. 21 March 2024
Progression of nurses within the NHS report This report examines the career progression of NHS nurses, how this compares with that of other NHS staff groups and how this has changed over time. 12 April 2024
Major challenges for education in Wales report This report examines the major challenges for education in Wales, including low outcomes across a range of measures and high levels of inequality. 21 March 2024
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages working paper We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US. 15 April 2024
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs working paper We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany. 2 April 2024
Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: Evidence from austerity cuts working paper Focusing on a wave of austerity cuts, I show that police station closure increased violent crimes in census blocks near the defunct stations. 24 April 2024
