 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 joined the IFS in 2005 and is a senior research economist working in the Direct Tax and Welfare Sector. He is currently working on an evaluation of a range of policies designed to encourage lone mothers to enter the labour force, in particular the Lone Parents' In Work Credit. He has recently been involved with two projects involving simulating poverty rates among children and pensioners over the next decade. Other work includes looking at the tax system in the UK more generally as part of the Mirrlees review. 
All available publications
Mike Brewer and James Browne, November 2008,
Tax and benefit changes and distributional analysis,
Presentations
Mike Brewer, James Browne and David Phillips, September 2008,
Options for Tax Credit reform,
Report Summaries
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Carl Emmerson, Alissa Goodman, Alastair Muriel and Gemma Tetlow, July 2007,
Pensioner poverty over the next decade: what role for tax and benefit reform?,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Carl Emmerson, Alissa Goodman, Alastair Muriel and Gemma Tetlow, July 2007,
Pensioner poverty over the next decade: what role for tax and benefit reform?,
IFS Reports
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Press release:
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Carl Emmerson, Alissa Goodman, Alastair Muriel and Gemma Tetlow, July 2007,
Pensioner poverty over the next decade: what role for tax and benefit reform?,
IFS Press Releases
Stuart Adam, Mike Brewer, James Browne and David Phillips, July 2007,
Government financial support for children across the United Kingdom: how does Northern Ireland compare?,
External publications
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Stuart Adam, Mike Brewer, James Browne and David Phillips, July 2007,
Government Financial Support for Children across the United Kingdom: how does Northern Ireland compare? ,
Presentations
Mike Brewer and James Browne, April 2007,
Estimates of the costs of meeting the Government's child poverty target in 2010/11: update after the Budget 2007,
Presentations
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