 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, James Browne, Claire Crawford and Genevieve Knight, March 2007,
The lone parent pilots after 12 to 24 months: an impact assessment of In-Work Credit, Work Search Premium, Extended Schools Childcare, Quarterly Work Focused Interviews and New Deal Plus for Lone Parents,
External publications
, Department for Work and Pensions
Stuart Adam and James Browne, August 2006,
Options for a UK 'flat tax': some simple simulations,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN72
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Holly Sutherland, July 2006,
Micro-simulating child poverty in 2010 and 2020,
External publications
, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Mike Brewer and James Browne, February 2006,
The effect of the working families' tax credit
on labour market participation,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN69
James Browne and Andrew Hood, November 2000,
A survey of the UK benefit system,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN13
Barra Roantree and James Browne, January 2000,
A survey of the UK tax system,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN09
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