Robert Joyce

This presentation was delivered as part of a seminar on Income Distribution Analysis at HM Treasury on 10th October 2013.

This presentation was given at the PEPA conference, 'Robust Inference and Policy Evaluation' on 9th October 2013

The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced how the Government proposes to recognise some marriages and civil partnerships in the income tax system. From April 2015 it plans to make up to £1,000 of the income tax personal allowance transferable between adults who are married or in a civil partnership, so long as the higher-income adult is a basic-rate taxpayer. In this observation we briefly discuss this policy and its effects.

This presentation was delivered to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants on 10 September 2013

This presentation was delivered as part of a seminar on living standards at HM Treasury on 8th July, 2013

This presentation was delivered to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy on 3 July 2013.

Presentation given at the IFS briefing on the official statistics of the distribution of income and the extent of poverty in the UK in 2011-12.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published its annual statistics on the distribution of income in the UK. The latest data cover years up to and including 2011–12. Tomorrow, IFS researchers will publish a detailed report on what these data tell us about living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK. In this observation, we briefly highlight some of the key findings from DWP’s report.

Today, the Oxford Review of Economic Policy publishes a special issue on Labour’s economic record when in government between 1997 and 2010. As part of this, IFS researchers assess Labour’s record on income inequality and poverty. Here, we summarise our findings and reflect on the main lessons for today’s policymakers.

This presentation was delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Labor Economists in Boston, USA on 4th May 2013