Facts and figures about UK taxes, benefits and public spending.
Analysing government fiscal forecasts and tax and spending.
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.
Find out where you are in the income distribution.
Resources for schools and students.
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Matthew is a senior research economist in the public spending and pensions research sector. He joined the institute in 2000. Matt's current work concerns pension provision and saving behaviour.
All available publications
Carl Emmerson and Matthew Wakefield, November 2003,
Stability is needed apart from simplicity,
Investment Week,
Newspaper Articles
Robert Chote and Matthew Wakefield, September 2003,
You might be richer than you think,
Guardian,
Newspaper Articles
Matthew Wakefield, September 2003,
Is middle Britain middle-income Britain?,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN38
Carl Emmerson and Matthew Wakefield, June 2003,
Increasing support for those on lower incomes: is the Saving Gateway the best policy response?,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 2003,
Vol. 24, No. 2, pp.167-195,
Journal Articles
Press release:
Carl Emmerson, August 2003,
Do we need a new Gateway to Saving? ,
IFS Press Releases
Carl Emmerson and Matthew Wakefield, April 2003,
Achieving simplicity, security and choice in retirement? An assessment of the government's proposed pensions reforms,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN36
Richard Disney, Carl Emmerson and Matthew Wakefield, February 2003,
Ill health and retirement in Britain: a panel data based analysis,
IFS Working Papers
, W03/02
Now published:
Richard Disney, Carl Emmerson and Matthew Wakefield, July 2006,
Ill health and retirement in Britain: a panel data-based analysis,
Journal of Health Economics,
Vol. 25, No. 4 , pp. 621-649, Journal Articles
, Elsevier
James Banks and Matthew Wakefield, January 2003,
Stockholding in the United Kingdom,
in Stockholding in Europe, L. Guiso, M. Halliassos and T. Japelli (eds.) Palgrave,
Book Chapters
Mike Brewer, Tom Clark and Matthew Wakefield, December 2002,
Social security in the UK under New Labour: what did the Third Way mean for welfare reform? ,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 23, No. 4., December 2002,
Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 505-537,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Zoë Oldfield and Matthew Wakefield, November 2002,
The distribution of financial wealth in the UK: evidence from 2000 BHPS data,
IFS Working Papers
, W02/21
Matthew Wakefield, September 2002,
Should lower-income families pass through the Gateway to Saving?,
Economic Review,
Vol. 20, No. 1,
Philip Allan,
Journal Articles
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