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.
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Research at IFS touching on health encompasses health inequalities and their relationship with other types of inequality; public and private spending on health; and consumer behaviour, in particlar and the impact of indirect taxes on health-related behaviour such as smoking.
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Hamish Low and Luigi Pistaferri
This paper provides a life-cycle framework for weighing up the insurance value of disability benefits against the incentive cost.
Hamish Low and Luigi Pistaferri
This paper provides a life-cycle framework for weighing up the insurance value of disability benefits against the incentive cost.
Demakakos, P., Pierce, M.B. and Hardy, R.
Demakakos, P., Pierce, M.B. and Hardy, R.
Panos Demakakos, MB. Pierce and R. Hardy
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Started: 01 September 2004
Started: 01 May 2004
Started: 01 April 2004
Research told policymakers that, despite greater expenditure on health care, Americans are less healthy than their English counterparts.
IFS evaluated the Pathways to Work programme. This work proved key to the policy debate about how to get disability benefit claimants in work.
IFS develops data on food prices and nutrition to build capacity for policy-relevant social science research.
In a tough economic climate IFS looks at how households are able to cope.
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