 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, Rowena Crawford, Thomas F Crossley and Carl Emmerson, April 2012,
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England,
IFS Working Papers
, W12/09
Press release:
James Banks and James Smith, April 2012,
International Comparisons
in Health Economics:
Evidence from Aging Studies,
Annual Review of Economics,
Vol 4, pp5-81,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Meena Kumari, James Smith and Paola Zaninotto, March 2012,
What explains the American disadvantage in health compared with the English? the case of diabetes,
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,
Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 259-264,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Alastair Muriel and James Smith, December 2011,
Attrition and health in ageing studies: evidence from ELSA and HRS. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Carl Emmerson and Gemma Tetlow, October 2011,
Pension wealth derived variables user guide (wave 1),
User Guides
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, July 2011,
Disability, health and retirement in the United Kingdom,
IFS Working Papers
, W11/12
James Banks, Rowena Crawford, Thomas F Crossley and Carl Emmerson, July 2011,
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England,
Presentations
A. Shankar, Anne McMunn, James Banks and Andrew Steptoe, July 2011,
Loneliness, social isolation and behavioral and biological health indicators in older adults.,
Health Psychology,
Vol.30, No. 4, pp. 377-85,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Cormac O'Dea and Zoë Oldfield, November 2010,
Cognitive function, numeracy and retirement saving trajectories,
Presentations
James Banks, Cormac O'Dea and Zoë Oldfield, November 2010,
Cognitive function, numeracy and retirement saving trajectories,
The Economic Journal,
Vol. 120, No. 548, pp. F381-F410,
Journal Articles
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