The impact of austerity measures on household incomes and poverty

Understand this issue

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

Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know

podcast

IFS reaction to the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

7 March 2024

The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government

podcast

We speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.

25 April 2024

Policy analysis

Living standards since the last election

report

New income statistics suggest this parliament is on course to be the worst for living standards on record.

21 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

Recent trends in public sector pay

report

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

Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: Evidence from austerity cuts

working paper

Focusing on a wave of austerity cuts, I show that police station closure increased violent crimes in census blocks near the defunct stations.

24 April 2024

Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages

working paper

We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US.

15 April 2024

There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs

working paper

We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany.

2 April 2024