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Public finances and the 2024 general election
comment
Elections are about choices, and few are more important than the choices we make over how much to tax and what to spend those tax revenues on.
25 May 2024
How to grow the economy
podcast
With an election on the way, economic growth is bound to be central to the campaigns. A leading expert explains how we can grow the economy.
24 May 2024
What are the difficult fiscal choices facing whoever wins the election?
explainer
IFS Director Paul Johnson on how the parties vying for our votes should be honest about the challenges ahead.
24 May 2024
Policy analysis
Labour’s ‘Growth and Skills’ levy would give more flexibility to firms – but employers would still need to get on board
comment
How might Labour’s proposal to broaden the Apprenticeship Levy into a ‘Growth and Skills’ Levy affect training rates, especially for young people?
1 June 2024
What has happened to earnings since 2019?
report
This report examines what has happened to earnings in the UK since the COVID-19 pandemic.
31 May 2024
The fiscal implications of public service productivity
report
How has the productivity of public services changed over time? How could higher public service productivity affect public spending?
30 May 2024
Academic research
6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation
conference
26 September 2024
We invite researchers from both academic and policy institutions to submit a paper or an extended abstract of two or more pages by April.
Inaugural IFS postdoc workshop
workshop
4 July 2024 at 09:00
This academic workshop on applied public and labour economics will feature presentations by alumni of the IFS postdoc scheme.
Targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage
working paper
We conduct a cluster-randomized control trial of an edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan.
28 May 2024