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Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond

Report

The 2023 update analyses change in early years spending in the last 25 years and looks ahead to implications of major reforms announced in the Budget.

26 September 2023

Work from home: what does the future look like?

Podcast

In this episode, Paul speaks to Professor Nick Bloom, a Professor at Stanford University, former IFS-er and leading expert on working from home.

24 May 2023

Turbocharged tax increases reveal PM’s lack of options

Comment

"My bet is that the tax burden will not get back to its pre-2020 levels for many decades, if ever." Paul Johnson writes for the Times on tax rises.

17 May 2023

Why are more and more people paying the higher rate of tax?

Explainer

In recent decades, the amount of adults paying the higher rate of tax has increased enormously. In this explainer, we explain the reasons why.

17 May 2023

A deepening freeze: more adults than ever are paying higher-rate tax

Report

How many people pay higher rates of income tax? We analyse the large increases in the share of adults paying the 40% rate or above since 1991–92.

16 May 2023

Early years spending update: The impact of inflation

Report

Our 2022 update discusses how early years education funding has changed over time, and what inflation means for childcare providers going forward.

11 November 2022

What might rising interest rates mean for different generations?

Comment

Earlier this week, markets reacted to comments by the governor of the Bank of England by bringing forward their expectations of when interest rates will rise. What will this mean for different generations?

22 October 2021

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2018

Event 20 June 2018 at 11:00 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

At this event, IFS researchers will present the key findings from the latest in the series of flagship IFS annual reports on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK. Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the report will analyse living standards in the UK up to and including the latest year of data for 2016-17, while setting this in the context of the very latest developments in pay, employment and inflation.

Tax records show that people working for their own business have much lower profits and are investing less than before the recession

Comment

Tax records show that people working for their own business have much lower profits and are investing less than before the recession.

4 June 2018

Poverty in the UK: past trends and future outlook

Presentation

This presentation was given at an event held to present the highlights from a programme of IFS research, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, on poverty and low income.

6 March 2018

Incomes in low paid employment

Presentation

This presentation was given at an event on 6 March held to present the highlights from a programme of IFS research, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, on poverty and low income.

6 March 2018

International trends in technological progress: evidence from patent citations, 1980–2011

Journal article

We analyse cross-country trends in several aspects of technological progress during 1980–2011 by examining the US patent citations data.

24 October 2017

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2017

Event 19 July 2017 at 10:30 Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ

On Wednesday 19 July, IFS researchers will present the key findings from the latest in the series of flagship IFS annual reports on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Living standards, poverty and inequality: 2017 - summary

Report

This report summary relates to the report, Living standards, poverty and inequality: 2017.

19 July 2017

Fiscal policy, monetary policy and intergenerational inequality in the UK

Presentation

This presentation was given as a keynote presentation chief economists at the Bank of England on 19 May 2017.

19 May 2017

Seven reasons it helps to have rich parents

Comment

This article on the BBC website looks at social mobility and how it compares now to previous generations.

23 April 2017

Income growth in 2015–16 modest but widespread, leaving inequality and poverty roughly unchanged

Report

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published the latest official statistics on household incomes, covering the financial year 2015–16. IFS researchers have summarised the headline trends observed in the new data and placed them in historical context in order to understand better changes in living standards in recent years.

16 March 2017

Two decades of income inequality in Britain: the role of wages, household earnings and redistribution

Report

Two decades of Income Inequality in Britain: The role of Wages, Household Earnings and Redistribution

13 January 2017

Maintaining pay in the modern era has become an unequal struggle

Comment

This article appeared in the Times and is reproduced with permission.

29 November 2016

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2016

Event 19 July 2016 at 11:00 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

On Tuesday 19 July, the IFS will publish its detailed annual report on living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

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Early years spending update: Budget reforms and beyond

Work from home: what does the future look like?

Turbocharged tax increases reveal PM’s lack of options

Why are more and more people paying the higher rate of tax?

A deepening freeze: more adults than ever are paying higher-rate tax

Early years spending update: The impact of inflation

What might rising interest rates mean for different generations?

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2018

Tax records show that people working for their own business have much lower profits and are investing less than before the recession

Poverty in the UK: past trends and future outlook

Incomes in low paid employment

International trends in technological progress: evidence from patent citations, 1980–2011

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2017

Living standards, poverty and inequality: 2017 - summary

Fiscal policy, monetary policy and intergenerational inequality in the UK

Seven reasons it helps to have rich parents

Income growth in 2015–16 modest but widespread, leaving inequality and poverty roughly unchanged

Two decades of income inequality in Britain: the role of wages, household earnings and redistribution

Maintaining pay in the modern era has become an unequal struggle

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2016

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