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Poverty, inequality and social mobility

Our research looks at inequalities in living standards, education, health and other outcomes. We study the role of labour market outcomes, taxes and benefits, and structural forces like globalisation in shaping trends in poverty, inequality and social mobility.

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Help onto the housing ladder: the role of intergenerational transfers

Report

We examine financial help from family to first-time buyers, quantifying this help and studying its role in homeownership and wealth inequalities.

8 December 2023

Cost-sharing in medical care can increase adult mortality: Evidence from Colombia

Working Paper

To our knowledge, this study is the first to show a relationship between cost-sharing and adult mortality risk in a low- or middle-income country.

6 December 2023

The role of privately held firms in income inequality

Working Paper

We study the role of privately held firms in income inequality in Finland, especially looking at the the role of retained earnings.

29 November 2023

A photo of Jeremy Hunt holding the budget box

Autumn Statement 2023

Collection

All our IFS analysis of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2023.

22 November 2023

Cutting inheritance tax isn’t quite as simple as its proponents suggest

Comment

"There are dozens of tax cuts that would be some combination of more equitable and better designed to promote economic efficiency and growth."

20 November 2023

Housing costs and income inequality in the UK

Report

This 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

Report

We 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

The changing geography of jobs

Report

This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.

13 November 2023

Retirement is not always a choice that workers can afford to make

Comment

"More of us may feel little choice but to work a year or two longer than planned." Paul Johnson writes for The Times.

6 November 2023

Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income

Working Paper

This paper studies how the tax-and-transfer system mitigates income inequalities over the lifetime, which can lead to disparities in living standards.

2 November 2023

Women in surgery: slow progress for mothers

Comment

Survey evidence published recently showed staggering levels of sexual harassment (and worse) in surgery.

31 October 2023

The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children's long-run outcomes

Working Paper

We find substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers.

30 October 2023

The minimum wages, turnover, and the shape of the wage distribution

Working Paper

We find that minimum wage hikes don't cause an unusual concentration of job leavers below the new minimum wage, defying neoclassical model prediction.

30 October 2023