 Facts and figures about UK taxes, benefits and public spending.
Income distribution, poverty and inequality.
Analysing government fiscal forecasts and tax and spending.
Analysis of the fiscal choices an independent Scotland would face.
Case studies that give a flavour of the areas where IFS research has an impact on society.
Reforming the tax system for the 21st century.
A peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing articles by academics and practitioners.
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 Lectures given before 2008-09 are listed here.
This lecture focuses on UK R & D performance and examines why there is a productivity gap between the UK and some other countries.
Alastair Muriel
This lecture focuses on the factors that impact upon poverty and inequality and how to effectively measure living standards.
This lecture outlines the rationale for environmental taxation and explores options for the reform of Air Passenger Duty.
This lecture provides an overview of the UK tax system in historical, international and theoretical contexts.
This lecture investigates the factors that account for the disparity in the likelihood of attending university between different socioeconomic groups, and considers the potential implications for HE or educational policy.
This lecture examines evaluation methods and the role and importance of policy evaluation in modern society.
Robert Chote
This presentation was given at the IFS Public Economics Lectures on 19th March 2007. The aim of these lectures was to illustrate to students of economics how economics is applied to policy.
This presentation was delivered at the IFS Public Economics Lectures on 19th March 2007.
This presentation discusses the UK productivity gap, private and social returns to R & D and R & D tax credits.
This presentation looks at reforms to the way in which higher education is funded and what impact these reforms have on students and graduates.
A discussion of how the UK pension system is responding to the pressures of an ageing population, and of the economics behind some of the latest reforms to the UK pension system.
This presentation considers what has happened to inequality and poverty in Great Britain over the past 25 years.
Christine Frayne
This presentation gives an overview of public finances, discussing the framework within which public finance decisions are made in the UK.
This lecture focuses on why pensions and savings are an economic policy issue, the way in which policy maker's have responded to an ageing UK population and the pressures on the UK pensions system.
This lecture focuses on the treatment of children in the UK tax system and outlines UK trends in support for children and in child poverty.
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