Microeconomic analysis of prices, food and nutrition

Understand this issue

Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know

podcast

IFS reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

7 March 2024

Spring Budget 2024: the Chancellor’s options

event 27 February 2024 at 10:00

At this online event, IFS researchers outlined some of the constraints facing the Chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget.

The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government

podcast

We speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.

25 April 2024

Policy analysis

NHS spending has risen less quickly than was planned at the last election, despite the pandemic and record waiting lists

press release

Despite a pandemic, record waiting lists and growing rates of ill health, real-terms health spending has risen less quickly than was planned.

14 May 2024

The past and future of UK health spending

report

How has health spending changed over the past seven decades? How does the UK compare to other countries? What is the outlook for health spending?

14 May 2024

Recent trends in and the outlook for health-related benefits

report

Recipients of and spending on health-related benefits have risen rapidly since the start of the pandemic, posing a serious challenge for policymakers.

19 April 2024

Academic research

Longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dietary purchasing choices of British households

report

Takeaways and meal delivery grew by more than 50% during the pandemic – and have stayed high thereafter.

4 April 2024

The role of hospital networks in individual mortality

working paper

We estimate that broad-network insurers reduce mortality because they steer patients to higher-quality providers and reduce hospital congestion.

13 May 2024

Forced displacement, mental health, and child development: Evidence from Rohingya refugees

working paper

In this study, we conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 3,500 Rohingya mother-child pairs in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

10 May 2024