 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, Cormac O'Dea and Zoë Oldfield, November 2010,
Cognitive function, numeracy and retirement saving trajectories,
Economic Journal,
Journal Articles
James Banks, November 2010,
Cognitive function, financial literacy and financial outcomes at older ages: introduction,
The Economic Journal,
Vol. 120, No. 548, pp. F357-F362,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Carli Lessof, James Nazroo, Nina Rogers, Mai Stafford and Andrew Steptoe (eds), October 2010,
Financial circumstances, health and well-being of the older population in England: ELSA 2008 (Wave 4),
428 pp.,
Books
James Banks, Rowena Crawford and Gemma Tetlow, July 2010,
The effect of asset price falls on household wealth,
IFS Press Releases
James Banks, Rowena Crawford and Gemma Tetlow, July 2010,
What does the distribution of wealth tell us about future retirement resources?,
External publications
Press release:
James Banks, Rowena Crawford and Gemma Tetlow, July 2010,
The effect of asset price falls on household wealth,
IFS Press Releases
James Banks, Alastair Muriel and JP. Smith, June 2010,
Disease prevalence, disease incidence, and mortality in the United States and in England. ,
Demography,
Vol. 47, Supplement 1, S211-S231,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Alastair Muriel and James Smith, forthcoming,
Disease prevalence, disease incidence and mortality in the United States and in England,
Demography,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, April 2010,
Releasing jobs for the young? Early retirement and youth unemployment in the United Kingdom,
in Social security programs and retirement around the world: the relationship to youth employment, Jonathan Gruber and David Wise (eds) University of Chicago Press,
Book Chapters
James Banks and Peter Diamond, April 2010,
The base for direct taxation,
in Dimensions of Tax Design: the Mirrlees Review, J. Mirrlees, S. Adam, T. Besley, R. Blundell, S. Bond, R. Chote, M. Gammie, P. Johnson, G. Myles and J. Poterba (eds) Oxford University Press,
Book Chapters
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, March 2010,
Releasing jobs for the young? Early retirement and youth unemployment in the United Kingdom,
IFS Working Papers
, W10/02
New version:
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, April 2010,
Releasing jobs for the young? Early retirement and youth unemployment in the United Kingdom,
Book Chapters
, University of Chicago Press
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