As Chancellor George Osborne prepares for his keynote statement on fiscal policy and the economy the IFS Green Budget assesses some of the issues he will have to deal with.

This report looks at the level of wealth and the rate of saving of households in the UK on the eve of the global economic crisis.

A Tax Law Review Committee discussion paper considering tax policy making in the UK

In this Commentary, we assess the changes to average incomes, inequality and poverty that have occurred since 1979, with a particular focus on the changes that have occurred in the latest year of data (2008-09) and since 1996-97.

IFS researchers highlight some of the trade-offs that would be involved in reforming the current system of fees and loans applying to full-time undergraduate study

This Commentary documents in some detail how children's cognitive and social development differs between married and cohabiting parents, and provides a preliminary assessment of the extent to which such differences might be due to a causal effect of marriage itself.

IFS researchers assess the rationale for a pupil premium and offer an empirical analysis of how such a scheme might operate in practice and affect school finances.

As the Government and Opposition alike ponder how best to repair Britain's battered public finances, the Green Budget looks at some of the salient economic issues.

This report provides a description of the first wave of household data collected for a randomised field experiment in Bosnia.

This Commentary examines detailed trends in expenditure patterns between 1995 and 2007, with a particular focus on the pensioner population.