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.
Incomes for poorer families rose during the first year of the pandemic Comment We analyse the Department for Work and Pensions' latest official statistics on household incomes. 31 March 2022
Maternity and the labour supply of NHS doctors and nurses Report We examine how contracted hours change after nurses and doctors return from maternity leave, and how this varies across NHS trust and specialty. 8 March 2022
Sanitation and credit constraints – The role of labelled microcredit in India’s Swacch Bharat Mission subsidy scheme Working Paper We provide rigorous evidence of the impacts of labelled microcredit on household sanitation investment and borrowing behaviour. 4 February 2022
Does going cashless make you tax-rich? Evidence from India’s demonetization experiment Working Paper This paper investigates the effect of electronic payments technology on firms’ tax compliance in a large developing economy. 11 January 2022
Sanitation and marriage markets in India: evidence from the total sanitation campaign Working Paper We analyse marriage decisions in rural India, focusing on the added attractiveness of sanitation within the marital living arrangement. 3 December 2021
Product market competition, creative destruction and innovation Working Paper We examine the economic analysis of the relationship between innovation and product market competition. 3 December 2021
Brexit and labour market inequalities: potential spatial and occupational impacts Working Paper We examine the possible distributional impacts of new trade barriers associated with the new trade agreement governing EU and UK relations. 15 November 2021
Price floors and externality correction Working Paper We evaluate the impact of a price floor for alcohol introduced in Scotland in 2018. 15 November 2021
Health and Employment amongst Older Workers Journal article This paper reviews the existing evidence and brings in new evidence on the measurement of health and the impact of health on employment. 21 May 2020
What's on the Menu? Policies to Reduce Young People's Sugar Consumption Journal article We discuss the merits of popular policies, including taxes, advertising restrictions and restrictions on the availability of specific foods. 21 May 2020
Disability Insurance: Theoretical Trade-Offs and Empirical Evidence Journal article We discuss the traditional trade-off between insurance and incentives in providing disability insurance. 21 May 2020
Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Impacts of High-Ability Peers in Early Years Journal article We provide novel evidence on the cognitive and non-cognitive impacts in early years of being exposed to higher-ability classroom peers. 21 May 2020
