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.
Characteristics and consequences of families with low levels of financial wealth Report Many families have little or no savings to access on a ‘rainy day’. We examine the types of families with low savings and what the consequences are. 16 June 2023
Should we abolish inheritance tax? Explainer Recently there have been calls to abolish inheritance tax. Paul Johnson takes us through the facts in 90 seconds. 7 June 2023
Wealth and welfare across generations Working Paper This paper examines why younger generations no longer have substantially more wealth than their recent predecessors did at the same age. 11 April 2023
Intergenerational altruism and transfers of time and money: a life cycle perspective Working Paper We find that time investments, educational investments, and assortative matching have a greater impact on generating inequality than cash transfers. 28 February 2023
Inequalities: which ones matter, and what to do about them? Presentation Paul Johnson gave a talk at the Oxford Martin School where he drew on the extensive work of the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities. 27 February 2023
Pass it on: who receives wealth transfers and when? Event 13 February 2023 at 14:00 At this online event we presented and discussed new research on intergenerational wealth transfers made during life.
Who gives wealth transfers to whom and when? Patterns in the giving and receiving of lifetime gifts and loans Report We examine the patterns in the giving and receiving of significant wealth transfers during life, and the association of transfers with life events. 13 February 2023
Who gives and receives substantial financial transfers in Britain? Working Paper We document key patterns in the flow of significant gifts and loans between friends and family in Great Britain. 13 February 2023
What drives the timing of inter-vivos transfers? Working Paper We analyse the relationships between giving and receiving significant wealth transfers and experiencing key life events. 13 February 2023
Community matters: Heterogeneous impacts of a sanitation intervention Journal article We study the effectiveness of a widely adopted participatory community-level information intervention aimed at improving sanitation. 8 February 2023
Median household net wealth, by age and decade of birth Data Item Median household net wealth, by age and decade of birth 6 February 2023
Average annual return and average annual real house price growth over working life (ages 22 to 65) to date by birth year Data Item Average annual return and average annual real house price growth over working life (ages 22 to 65) to date by birth year 6 February 2023
The effect of pension wealth on employment Working Paper This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. 3 January 2023
Death and taxes and pensions Report The tax system treats funds that remain in a pension at death extremely favourably. 15 December 2022
Savings after retirement Working Paper We discuss the empirical strategies used to differentiate the motivations behind the 'retirement savings puzzle.' 5 December 2022
Income and wealth inequalities in the UK Event 9 November 2022 at 14:00 via Slido and YouTube Differences in income and wealth are among the most salient and consequential inequalities in our society.
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
Wealth, gifts and estate planning at the end of life Working Paper We quantify the size and tax-responsiveness of financial transfers made to heirs before death. 28 July 2022
Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022 Report We look at how the distribution of household income changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. 14 July 2022
