Richard Blundell joins Emmanuel Macron’s expert commission on major economic challenges

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IFS Deputy Director Carl Emmerson made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

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Deputy Director Carl Emmerson has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

4 March 2024

Statement on Alistair Darling's passing

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Paul Johnson reflects on the death of our Pensions Review Chair Alistair Darling

4 December 2023

IFS contributor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in economics

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Committee cites her work on generations of women in the labour market. 

9 October 2023

Policy analysis

4.2 million working-age people now claiming health-related benefits, could rise by 30% by the end of the decade

press release

Our new report sheds more light on forecasts for a substantial increase in the number of people claiming health-related benefits in coming years.

19 April 2024

Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results

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New research from IFS finds that Sure Start generated big improvements in the educational performance of children from low-income backgrounds.

9 April 2024

Gap between higher- and lower-paid public sector workers falls by more than a third since 2007 as doctors and experienced teachers have faced unprecedented pay cuts

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How has public sector pay changed in recent years? Which type of workers have done better and which have done worse?

26 March 2024

Academic research

Itay Saporta Eksten visits IFS

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We are pleased to welcome Professor Itay Saporta Eksten as a visitor to the IFS for the next eighteen months.

31 January 2024

IFS co-organises Paris-London Public Economics Conference 2023

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This year's Paris-London Conference in public economics takes place on 7th and 8th December 2023. Register to attend before 30th November 2023.

24 November 2023

Imran Rasul elected as EEA Vice-President

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CPP Director and UCL Professor Imran Rasul is the new Vice-President (President-Elect in 2025 & President in 2026) of the EEA.

21 November 2023