 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, March 2012,
A £10,000 personal allowance: who would benefit, and would it boost the economy?,
Observations
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, March 2012,
Universal Credit: a preliminary analysis of its impact on incomes and work incentives,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1, March 2012,
Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 39–71,
Blackwell Publishing,
Journal Articles
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Paul Johnson, February 2012,
The 50p income tax rate: what is known and what will be known? ,
in The IFS Green Budget: February 2012
Book Chapters
James Browne, January 2012,
The impact of austerity measures on households with children,
External publications
, Family and Parenting Institute
James Browne and Paul Johnson, November 2011,
Options for raising revenue to pay for long-term care,
Presentations
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Robert Joyce, October 2011,
Universal Credit not enough to prevent a decade of rising poverty,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Robert Joyce, October 2011,
Child and working-age poverty from 2010 to 2020,
IFS Reports
, C121
, 978-1-903274-86-6
Press release:
Mike Brewer, James Browne and Robert Joyce, October 2011,
Universal Credit not enough to prevent a decade of rising poverty,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Haroon Chowdry and Claire Crawford, August 2011,
The impact of a time-limited, targeted in-work benefit in the medium-term: an evaluation of In Work Credit,
IFS Working Papers
, W11/14
James Browne, June 2011,
The impact of tax and benefit reforms by sex: some simple analysis,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN118
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