Should the OBR publish only one forecast a year? Or are there better ways to discourage Chancellors from excessive policy ...

It is welcome that the new Pensions Commission will assess the adequacy of the retirement savings of today’s working-age ...

The government is reportedly considering changing student loans and pensions for resident doctors. We consider the merits of ...

One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress ...

IFS Research Fellow, Laura Abramovsky, delivered the presentation in Helsinki as part of the UNU-WIDER's flagship conference ...

In Paul's final episode, he speaks with incoming IFS Director Helen Miller about the big economic pressures facing the UK.

In this Briefing Note, we critically appraise the government's assertion that cohabiting couples are more likley to seperate than married couples.

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap).

There are strong reasons to radically reform how we currently tax the sources and uses of wealth; this includes reforming ...

The government has set itself a target to have 75% of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development by 2028.

I prove that, in a simple but general framework, expected pass-through is unchanged by the presence of focal pricing ...