 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
James Browne and Andrew Hood, October 2012,
Chances are Mr Osborne won't find the £10bn he needs from Iain Duncan Smith's changes ,
Independent,
Newspaper Articles
Stuart Adam, James Browne and Paul Johnson, October 2012,
Late changes to Council Tax Benefit reforms,
Observations
James Browne, Andrew Hood and Robert Joyce, October 2012,
The £10 billion question: where could the Chancellor find welfare cuts?,
Observations
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, September 2012,
Budget Perspectives 2013,
External publications
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, September 2012,
Benefit integration in the UK: an ex ante analysis of Universal credit,
Presentations
Stuart Adam, James Browne and Paul Johnson, June 2012,
Pensioners and the tax and benefit system,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN130
Press release:
Stuart Adam, James Browne and Paul Johnson, June 2012,
Funding social care proposals may offer opportunity to rationalise tax system for older people,
IFS Press Releases
Stuart Adam, James Browne and Paul Johnson, June 2012,
Funding social care proposals may offer opportunity to rationalise tax system for older people,
IFS Press Releases
Stuart Adam and James Browne, June 2012,
Reforming Council Tax Benefit: options for Wales,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN129
Press release:
Stuart Adam and James Browne, June 2012,
Council Tax Benefit recipients in Wales to lose £74 a year on average,
IFS Press Releases
Stuart Adam and James Browne, June 2012,
Council Tax Benefit recipients in Wales to lose £74 a year on average,
IFS Press Releases
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