The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Spring Budget 2023: IFS analysis Event 16 March 2023 at 10:30 IFS researchers presented their initial analysis of the Chancellor's announcements the morning after his first Budget.
Public finances may be improving, but personal circumstances certainly are not Comment "Don’t be lulled into thinking we have reached the bottom of hole into which living standards have been sliding. We almost certainly haven’t." 27 February 2023
Private pensions explained Explainer We explain how private pensions work in the UK, how pension incomes have changed over time and what 'pension freedoms' mean for pension saving. 6 February 2023
Inequality and the benefits system Event 2 February 2023 at 11:00 At this online event, we presented and discussed findings from a major new work on benefits.
Inequality and the benefits system Presentation At this online event, we presented and discussed findings from a major new work on benefits. 2 February 2023
Implications of the Autumn Statement 2022 and EFO for Wales and the Welsh Government Presentation This presentation summarises IFS's analysis of the outlook following the Autumn Statement and the implications for the Welsh Government's funding. 28 November 2022
Autumn Statement 2022 response Comment An initial response to the Autumn Statement from the IFS 17 November 2022
The Autumn Statement 2022 explained Explainer Paul Johnson provides an immediate response to the government's Autumn Statement. 17 November 2022
Conservative Party Conference: Tax cuts, growth and the cost of living Event 3 October 2022 at 15:45 The International Convention Centre, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 2EA (Inside the conference secure zone) Join us at the Conservative Party Conference for this IFS/CIOT panel debate, including a live showing of the Chancellor's conference speech.
Labour Party Conference: Can tax help tackle the cost of living crisis? Event 26 September 2022 at 15:15 Jury’s Inn, No. 31 Keel Wharf, Liverpool, L3 4FN (Outside the conference secure zone) Join us at the Labour Party Conference for this IFS/CIOT panel debate featuring James Murray MP, Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Who is most affected by rising mortgage interest rates? Comment What are the implications of rising interest rates for household budgets and who could see mortgage repayments reach a high share of their income? 2 September 2022
People need help with their energy bills, but we will have to pay for it Comment "We may be facing such an emergency that deeply unpalatable decisions need to be taken." 29 August 2022
The long squeeze: rising inflation and the current government support package Comment We look at the impact of inflation and the government's proposals to tackle it. 15 August 2022
Parental Investments and Intra-household Inequality in Child Human Capital: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment Working Paper I study the role played by parents’ educational investment to explain this inequality and its determinants. 21 July 2022
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022 Event 14 July 2022 at 11:00 At this event, IFS researchers will present the key findings from their latest flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in t
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022 Report We look at how the distribution of household income changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. 14 July 2022
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022 Presentation IFS researchers presented the key findings from their 2022 flagship annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK. 14 July 2022
Living standards of working-age disability benefits recipients in the UK Working Paper We examine the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and disability benefits recipients over time in the UK. 6 July 2022
Pre-pandemic relative poverty rate for children of lone parents almost double that for children living with two parents Comment In the year prior to the pandemic, nearly half of children in lone-parent families were in relative poverty – defined as having an income of less than 60% of median incomes adjusted for household size. 4 July 2022
We didn’t see this coming because for 25 years we thought we had inflation licked Comment 'Pretty much everything we could have got wrong, we got wrong.' Paul Johnson on why economists failed to see inflation coming. 4 July 2022
