We study the reasons for rising in-work poverty in the 25 years up to the pandemic.

We study how exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) affects young children’s accumulation of cognitive and ...

This study experimentally assesses the effects of temporary wage subsidies on employment in North Macedonia. Wage subsidies ...

What are the Chancellor’s options for raising tax, and what would they mean for households, the economy and growth?

Lord Taverne made three crucial contributions to the IFS that formed the foundations from which it has grown.

We argue the change in individuals’ Lorenz ordinates—their positions in the Lorenz curve—is informative about economic ...

In Britain, the headline relative in-work poverty rate steadily rose from 13.4% in 1994–95 to 18.4% in 2019–20. We study the ...

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At this online event IFS researchers will present the findings of a new report on trends for people in their 50s and 60s over ...

At this online webinar IFS researchers present their initial response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

How council tax, stamp duty and other property taxes could be reformed to make the UK’s tax system fairer and more efficient. We unpack how the UK taxes savings, capital gains, and wealth — and ask ...