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.
Saving after retirement and preferences for residual wealth Working Paper We use administrative data for Norway to estimate an incomplete-market life-cycle model of retired singles and couples. 18 January 2024
Three ways to improve the design of the UK’s overseas aid spending target Comment The UK spent £12.8 billion on aid in 2022. But the way the budget is managed can lead to perverse outcomes. There is definite room for improvement. 18 January 2024
Heterogeneity of consumption responses to income shocks in the presence of nonlinear persistence Journal article In this paper we use the enhanced consumption data in the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics to explore the transmission of income shocks to consumption. 15 June 2023
Scottish Budget 2024–25 Collection Read all our analysis of the Scottish Budget for 2024–25. 22 February 2024
The economic, fiscal and funding outlook Presentation In this presentation to the LGA Finance Conference, IFS researchers look at the economic, fiscal and funding outlook for English councils. 15 January 2024
The gender pay gap in the UK: Children and experience in work Journal article In this study, we document the evolution of the gender pay gap in the UK over the past three decades and its association with fertility. 30 January 2021
Self-employment and labor market risks Working Paper This paper finds that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and they frequently transition into unemployment. 9 January 2024
Interest rate rises increase the expected annual cost to government of student loans by more than £10 billion Press Release "The loss of more than £10 billion per year is not being captured in official figures." 9 January 2024
Higher long-term interest rates and the cost of student loans Report Higher interest rates mean the government cost of financing the student loan system has increased by more than £10 billion per year. 9 January 2024
Personal taxes are rising, despite NICs cut Comment National Insurance contributions are being cut in 2024. But personal taxes are still rising overall due to freeze to income tax thresholds. 5 January 2024
Measuring wellbeing growth and convergence in multivariate ordered categorical worlds: Has there been any levelling up in the United Kingdom? Working Paper Whilst there is strong evidence of growth, the results indicate that there is little evidence of "levelling up" type growth in the United Kingdom. 21 December 2023
A coefficient of variation for ordered categorical data: Analyzing relative health inequality and ageing in the UK and relative human resource inequality and gender in Canada Working Paper The rise of ordinal data in empirical sciences calls for location and variation measurement instruments suitable for such data environments. 21 December 2023
