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
The Spring Budget 2024 explained in 90 seconds explainerIFS Director Paul Johnson gives an initial response to Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget.6 March 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.
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy landing pageThe ESRC has funded a research centre at IFS since 1991, recognised as a global centre of excellence and now with UKRI Research Institute status.15 July 2022
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
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away comment "We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times. 15 April 2024
Should we worry about government debt? podcast David Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
A mess has been made of Child Benefit, and the clear-up operation may not be easy comment "Status quos can be hard to change, no matter how incoherent they are." Robert Joyce writes about child benefit in The Telegraph. 29 March 2024
What you need to know about the new childcare entitlements comment This comment looks at who will be eligible for free childcare, whether funding is high enough and what impact the new entitlements might have. 28 March 2024
Oil and gas make Scotland’s underlying public finances particularly volatile and uncertain comment A fallback in oil and gas prices has hit Scotland’s underlying public finance position this year. 27 March 2024
Health spending planned to fall in England and Scotland in 2024–25, suggesting a top-up likely comment Day-to-day spending on health in England is planned to fall in 2024–25 compared with the latest budgets for 2023–24. 4 March 2024
Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan comment Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours. 27 January 2023
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.
