 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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At the heart of research in this area is the study of firm’s behaviour and the role of institutions and public policy. Research to date has covered several topics, including: the determinants of R&D, innovation and technology transfer; how firms are structured and why firms outsource or offshore activities; and what are the determinants and consequences of firms' location decisions. Work has included consideration of the role of the following on firms’ decisions and outcomes: corporate taxes; product and labour market regulation; planning regulations; the role of universities; agglomeration of activities; skills and wages.
Our work is mostly empirical, with a strong ground in economic theory and a focus on linking our empirical findings to practical policy issues. Our research is often used to help to better understand factors that underlie the UK's productivity performance and what determines differences in aggregate trends in productivity and innovation across industries and countries. Search
In this pre-released Green Budget chapter, IFS researchers address 'Productivity Puzzles'.
In a new paper published today, IFS researchers address these Productivity Puzzles.
This presentation was given at a workshop hosted by the Institute for Prospective Technology Studies (ITPS) on the 21 May 2012 in Seville.
This presentation was given at the University of Munich on 15 May 2012.
Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay and Imran Rasul
Multinational firms outsourcing or offshoring their operations to developing countries is a problem as old as globalisation. This column looks at the effect on high-skilled labour in the home country. It presents evidence that, on average, when firms start employing high-skilled workers offshore, they also increase the number of this type of worker employed at home.
We estimate of the impact offshoring inventors has on firms' use of inventors at home using within firm variation across industries.
This presentation was given in January 2012 at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC.
This is a response to the UK Government's consultation on the introduction and implementation of a Patent Box.
This presentation was given at a briefing following the autumn statement 2011.
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 IFS researchers helped make a case against proposed cuts to public spending on science.
IFS researchers used knowledge from past findings to analyse the potential impact of a proposed reduction in corporation tax to encourage innovation.
IFS researchers responded to a consultation on the design of a new policy to reduce corporation tax on some forms of income.
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