The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
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
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.
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
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
The future of the state pension ReportThis IFS Pensions Review report sets out key challenges for the UK’s state pension system and suggests a way forward for the future13 December 2023
Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean ReportThis chapter examines gender inequality focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work.12 December 2023
Annual report on education spending in England: 2023 ReportOur sixth annual report on education spending shows changes over time across different stages of education, as well as geographic differences.11 December 2023
Help onto the housing ladder: the role of intergenerational transfers ReportWe examine financial help from family to first-time buyers, quantifying this help and studying its role in homeownership and wealth inequalities.8 December 2023
Inequality in the UK: 1968-2021 ReportHow have employment and earnings changed in the UK over the last 50 years? What has the effect been on average incomes and income inequality?29 November 2023
Housing costs and income inequality in the UK ReportThis report sheds light on some of the drivers of changes in housing costs over time for different groups.17 November 2023
Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education ReportWe examine how less affluent students perform compared with their more affluent peers in PISA tests, ahead of the new data release in December 2023.16 November 2023
Assessing the Welsh Government’s consultation on reforms to council tax ReportWe analyse the impact of the possible approaches to council tax reform set out in the Welsh Government’s consultation on ‘A fairer council tax’.14 November 2023
The changing geography of jobs ReportThis report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.13 November 2023
Understanding retirement in the UK ReportWe comprehensively examine the changing patterns of retirement in the UK for different groups in society.1 November 2023
The effects of reforms to the Work Capability Assessment for incapacity benefits ReportWe investigate the potential impacts of the government’s proposed reforms to the Work Capability Assessment.26 October 2023
Green Budget 2023 ReportThe Chancellor is in a fiscal bind as low growth and high debt interest payments limit any room for manoeuvre in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.17 October 2023
Outlook for the public finances ReportIn the current environment of high inflation and rising interest rates, tax cuts at the upcoming Budget would be extremely difficult to justify.17 October 2023
UK Outlook: Fallout ReportThe UK economy remains stuck between weak growth on the one hand and the risk of persistently high inflation on the other.17 October 2023
Global economic outlook: how hard will we land? ReportThe fight against inflation continues to dominate the global economic policy agenda. 17 October 2023
Policy risks to the fiscal outlook ReportPressures on both revenue and spending are skewed to add to borrowing over the next few years, and threaten the ‘centrality’ of official forecasts.17 October 2023
Investment in training and skills ReportThe UK has seen a significant decline in investment in adult education and training. This chapter analyses how the skills system should be reformed.12 October 2023
School and neighbourhood segregation in Scotland and England ReportWe document the patterns of neighbourhood and secondary school segregation across England and Scotland10 October 2023
Public sector net worth as a fiscal target ReportWe consider the case for and against a fiscal target for public sector net worth.7 October 2023
Full expensing and the corporation tax base ReportThis report discusses the temporary full-expensing policy and whether it should be made a permanent part of the corporate tax base.6 October 2023
