 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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Our research considers the determinants and effectiveness of educational investments across the lifecycle, from early childcare and pre-school education, through to primary and secondary schools, post-compulsory schooling, higher education and adult learning.
Our overarching aim is to understand the relative effectiveness of different policy interventions aimed at promoting human capital investment. To this end, we have a wide range of research and policy evaluation projects underway. Search
This evaluation focuses on the four models of EMA that were introduced into the
Lorraine Dearden, Javier Ferri and Costas Meghir
The paper examines the effects of school pupil-teacher ratios and type of school on educational attainment and wages using the British National Child Development survey (NCDS).
Erich Battistin, Raffale Miniaci and Guglielmo Weber
In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings.
Kevin Denny, Colm Harmon and Sandra Redmond
In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings.
Kevin Denny and Colm Harmon
This paper uses pooled cross-section data on recent school leavers in Ireland to model the determinants of labour market status and wages for young adults.
This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of schooling in Ireland in the late 1960s.
Kevin Denny and Colm Harmon
This paper analyses levels of low literacy across twelve countries using the International Adult Literacy Survey.
John Van Reenen
There is a vast empirical literature of the effects of training on wages that are taken as an indirect measure of productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity.
We use British birth cohort panel data to examine the impact that degree level qualifications and other higher education qualifications have on the earnings of individuals in the medium to longer term.
Howard Reed, Lorraine Dearden and John Van Reenan
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   IFS was instrumental in creating data that is helping policymakers understand the barriers to attending university faced by poor children.
We provided evidence to the Browne Review of higher education funding about the impact of a number of higher education finance reforms.
IFS research increased awareness of the disadvantages faced by children born at the end of the academic year.
We analysed the impact of the 2006 HE funding reforms and informed the surrounding debate.
An IFS assessment of the effectiveness of the Education Maintenance Allowance informed the Government’s decision to extend the policy nationwide in 2004.
We provided a rigorous assessment of the rationale for a pupil premium and analysis of how it would affect school finances.
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