Living standards

The environment that children are raised in, and their development of cognitive, and social and emotional skills affect the subsequent trajectory of their lives. Inequalities between children in these domains open up very early in life.

Paul Johnson writes for the Times on the 'difficult decisions' surrounding public sector pay.

We quantify the impact of increasing the state pension age from 65 to 66 on household incomes, poverty and public finances, after – in particular – ta

Due to inflation forecast errors alone, students from the poorest families will lose £100 per month in maintenance support.

Initial analysis of the Chancellor's statement on the cost of living crisis.

"There is much to do to get childcare policy right, but let’s not mix it up with sorting out the present cost-of-living crisis." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

They might not know it yet, and it is likely to pass the rest of us by entirely, but for more than two and half million families, today is a very big day.

The source of top incomes, who gets them and how they are taxed is important for understanding inequalities. How have top incomes and their source been changing over time? Who is in the top 1% - are they employees, or business owners or rentiers? How much tax do the top pay and should they pay more?

Director Paul Johnson on the effects of inflation on pension policy in The Times.

Using inflation as a cover, the government is cutting maintenance loans, increasing student loan repayments and lowering maximum tuition fees.

At this event, IFS researchers put the Levelling Up White Paper in context by outlining the current pattern of taxes and public spending around the country and presenting new work that looks at geographic inequalities in labour market outcomes.