 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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James is deputy research director at IFS. He joined the Institute in 1990 having studied at Bristol University and the London School of Economics. He is also Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on empirical models of household spending behaviour and intertemporal consumption patterns; savings, retirement and household asset holding; equivalence scales and welfare measures. 
All available publications
James Banks, December 2012,
Cohort Profile: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing,
Oxford Journals,
Journal Articles
Rowena Crawford, James Banks, Thomas F Crossley and Carl Emmerson, October 2012,
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England,
Presentations
Thomas F Crossley, James Banks, Rowena Crawford and Carl Emmerson, October 2012,
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England,
Presentations
James Banks, James Nazroo and Andrew Steptoe (eds), October 2012,
The dynamics of ageing: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing 2002-10 (Wave 5),
321 pp.,
Books
Thomas F Crossley, Sule Alan, James Banks, S.Choi, Aldo Rustichini and N.Woods, October 2012,
Risk and time preferences in older persons: an experimental module in ELSA,
Presentations
James Banks and James Smith, September 2012,
International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies,
vol. 4; pp.57-81,
Journal Articles
James Banks, June 2012,
Disease and disadvantage in the US and England:
Learning from international comparisons of health,
Presentations
James Banks, Zoë Oldfield and James Smith, June 2012,
Childhood health and differences in late-life health outcomes between England and the United States,
Investigations in the Economics of Aging,
pp321-339. University of Chicago Press,
, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge,
Journal Articles
James Banks and Fabrizio Mazzonna, May 2012,
The effect of education on old age cognitive abilities: evidence from a regression discontinuity design,
Economic Journal,
Vol. 122, Issue 560, pp. 418–448,
Wiley-Blackwell,
Journal Articles
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