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) delivered the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
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Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children Working Paper What role did beliefs about risks and returns play for the allocation of time investment in children during the pandemic? 15 April 2024
Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility Working Paper We present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital. 15 April 2024
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages Working Paper We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US. 15 April 2024
New tax year gives mechanical boost to Chancellor’s ‘headroom’: he should resist the urge to spend it Press Release New interactive ‘Be the Chancellor’ tool launched today demonstrates the trade-offs and fiscal challenge awaiting the next government. 16 April 2024
New tax year gives Chancellor more ‘headroom’ but doesn’t change the fundamentals Comment The start of a new tax year causes a mechanical boost to the Chancellor’s ‘headroom’, but the post-election fiscal challenge remains daunting. 16 April 2024
Progression of nurses within the NHS Report This report examines the career progression of NHS nurses, how this compares with that of other NHS staff groups and how this has changed over time. 12 April 2024
The life-cycle dynamics of wealth mobility Working Paper In this paper, we use 25 years of tax records for the Norwegian population and find considerable wealth mobility over the life cycle. 10 April 2024
Regional variation in earnings and the retention of NHS staff in Agenda for Change bands 1 to 4 Report We examine the association between local pay and retention of NHS hospital and community staff in pay bands 1 to 4 of the Agenda for Change framework. 10 April 2024
A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice Working Paper In this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations. 24 April 2024
Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results Press Release New research from IFS finds that Sure Start generated big improvements in the educational performance of children from low-income backgrounds. 9 April 2024
The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes Report We study the medium-run effect of Sure Start on academic outcomes, finding large benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. 9 April 2024
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs Working Paper We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany. 2 April 2024