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.
We need to understand the diversity of experience across ethnic groups Comment "Understanding the diversity of experience across ethnic groups has never been so important." Paul Johnson writes in the Times on ethnic inequalities. 5 December 2022
Firm heterogeneity and the impact of payroll taxes Working Paper We examine the heterogeneous impact of a large payroll tax cut for older workers in Hungary. 24 November 2022
The gendered division of paid and domestic work under lockdown Journal article This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the effects of the pandemic on the division of labour between parents of school-aged children. 21 November 2022
Autumn Statement 2022 response Comment An initial response to the Autumn Statement from the IFS 17 November 2022
Income and wealth inequality explained in 5 charts Explainer We document how economic inequalities have changed over the last sixty years, and how experiences have varied for different groups. 9 November 2022
Trends in income and wealth inequalities Report Trends in inequalities in income, wealth and, to a limited extent, consumption in the United Kingdom. 9 November 2022
Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes Working Paper We study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers using rich administrative data from the Netherlands. 7 November 2022
Green Budget 2022 Event 11 October 2022 at 10:00 One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ The IFS Green Budget 2022 will take stock of the economic and fiscal outlook following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget and analyse the challenges ahead.
Flexible pensions could offer a way out of the public sector pay crisis Comment Paul Johnson writes in The Times about the problems facing Kwasi Kwarteng. 10 October 2022
Public spending, pay and pensions Report The public sector pay settlements announced this July will pose severe budgetary challenges for many areas of government. 8 October 2022
What drives wage stagnation: monopsony or monopoly? Working Paper Wages for the vast majority of workers have stagnated since the 1980s while productivity has grown. 26 September 2022
Market power and wage inequality Working Paper We propose a theory of how market power affects wage inequality. 26 September 2022
Will public sector workers get a pay rise? Podcast With inflation squeezed living standards, will the government have to give public sector workers a pay rise? 21 September 2022
Conservative leadership election 2022 Collection Analysis of policy announcements made by Conservative leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. 30 August 2022
Your household's income : Where do you fit in? Calculator When you think about your income, do you feel rich, poor, or just plain average? Find out where you lie in the UK income distribution. 22 August 2022
Education inequalities Report We look at shifts in the education landscape in the UK and its impact on inequalities. 16 August 2022
Why is inequality in the labour market growing? Explainer Giulia Giupponi takes us through the latest research on the UK labour market. 3 August 2022
An initial response to the public sector pay announcement Comment The government has announced pay rises for public sector workers covered by independent pay review bodies. 20 July 2022
What should public sector pay policy be trying to achieve? Comment What is the objective of public sector pay policy? What is it, and what should it be, trying to achieve? 18 July 2022
We didn’t see this coming because for 25 years we thought we had inflation licked Comment 'Pretty much everything we could have got wrong, we got wrong.' Paul Johnson on why economists failed to see inflation coming. 4 July 2022
