 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.
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This paper investigates life cycle patterns of demand for services from household durables using UK panel data.
This paper compares consumption and income as measures of households’ living standards using UK data.
There is growing interest in how behavioural economics can be used effectively by policymakers. This observation considers some of the broad implications of behavioural insights for tax and benefit policy, drawing on new IFS research which explores the issues for particular aspects of policy in this area.
This commentary gives a detailed examination of the behavioural insights for tax and benefit policy.
How rich are you and your household? Most people think they are towards ‘the middle’ of the distribution, but this obviously can’t be true for everyone. The IFS has used the latest data on household incomes to help you work out where you are in the income distribution.
Wenchao Jin
This interview is about the distributional impact of higher education funding reforms in England.
Five new studies, published today as part of a special issue of the IFS journal Fiscal Studies, investigate the important role played by education and skills in improving the life chances of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and hence in increasing social mobility.
This presentation was given at the launch of a special issue of Fiscal Studies on 29 June 2012.
John Jerrim
This presentation was given at the launch of a special issue of Fiscal Studies on 29 June 2012.
Presentation made to Yorkshire & Humber Regional Conference on Child Poverty
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   An IFS economist advised a “Citizens Jury” on the welfare system, including basic facts and important issues about its purpose and structure.
IFS researchers played an important role in the analysis underlying the findings of the National Equality Panel set up by the Labour Government.
IFS researchers develop a model of the Mexican tax system that will be used by the Mexican Government analysts.
Reform of the complex French state pension system was informed by recommendations by IFS researchers.
IFS researchers present and discuss new research on retirement saving with a group of business leaders and policy makers.
The IFS has made valuable contributions to the debate on VAT and its impact on the poor.
IFS researchers have monitored the extent to which some households experience higher rates of inflation than others.
In light of Government objectives to increase environmental taxation, we investigate whether the UK tax system is becoming more or less ‘green’.
Government departments used IFS research to inform decision-marking about a temporary cut in VAT.
IFS researchers found that the Saving Gateway was not the best way to support lower income families; government acted on this advice.
Methods developed at IFS for measuring wealth were instrumental in establishing a detailed government dataset about assets and debt in Britain.
IFS researchers and the World Bank plan to develop capacity and tools in developing countries for the comprehensive analysis of tax reforms
In a tough economic climate IFS looks at how households are able to cope.
IFS researchers have investigated whether it is possible to measure the distributional impact of changes to spending on public services.
The IFS played a key role in the debate about who the tax and benefit changes in recent ‘Emergency Budget’ hit hardest.
IFS researchers have investigated the relative merits of government policies designed to protect elderly households from the coldest winters.
IFS researchers suggest that a minimum price for alcohol could have a big impact.
IFS develops data on food prices and nutrition to build capacity for policy-relevant social science research.
Extensive research on inequality allowed us to develop an online model where users can plot their position in the income distribution.
An IFS research fellow is leading an independent review into how to make automatic enrolment into workplace pensions operate best.
IFS analysis forms an important input into the public debate about child and pensioner poverty and what policies are best suited to tackle these.
Past research into pension reform has contributed to evidence given to government on public service pensions.
IFS researchers have evaluated whether the temporary VAT cut was able to boost the economy effectively.
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