An in-depth look at the UK’s long-term fiscal risks, from ageing and pensions to climate change, and what can be done to ...

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

We develop the concept of relative resource shares, defined as the fraction of total adult expenditure that women command ...

Different methods of eliciting the Marginal Propensity to Consume give very different distributions.

This review discusses the standards for tax software and puts forward recommendations for HMRC, software providers, agents ...

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

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

Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

Our findings are based on rigorous analysis, detailed empirical evidence and in-depth institutional knowledge.

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

The Tax Law Review Committee (TLRC)'s remit is to keep under review the state and operation of tax law in the UK.

The gap in employment rates between the best- and worst-performing areas is at its widest since 2005, says Christine Farquharson. In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about ...