 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
Mike Brewer and James Browne, April 2009,
Can more revenue be raised by increasing income tax rates for the very rich? ,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN84
Press release:
Mike Brewer and James Browne, April 2009,
Will income tax changes for the very rich raise any money?,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Robert Joyce and Holly Sutherland , February 2009,
Cost of cutting child poverty rises as families fall further below poverty line ,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Robert Joyce and Holly Sutherland, February 2009,
Micro-simulating child poverty in 2010 and 2020,
IFS Reports
, C108
Press release:
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Robert Joyce and Holly Sutherland , February 2009,
Cost of cutting child poverty rises as families fall further below poverty line ,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Robert Joyce and Holly Sutherland, February 2009,
Micro-simulating child poverty in 2010 and 2020: an update,
Presentations
Press release:
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Robert Joyce and Holly Sutherland , February 2009,
Cost of cutting child poverty rises as families fall further below poverty line ,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, James Browne and David Phillips, December 2008,
The distributional effect of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN80
Stuart Adam, Mike Brewer, James Browne, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, November 2008,
Inequality and poverty, measuring resources and well-being, and taxes, benefits and the income distribution,
Presentations
Mike Brewer and James Browne, November 2008,
Tax and benefit changes and distributional analysis,
Presentations
Mike Brewer, James Browne and David Phillips, September 2008,
Options for Tax Credit reform,
Report Summaries
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