We propose a novel measure of intergenerational welfare mobility, “value-value” slope, including both pecuniary and ...

This annual report compares spending across different stages of education in England and analyses the pressures and choices facing policymakers.

Summary of new research on the scale and sources of regional inequalities and policy implications.

As a result, the hump shape in despair by age, which we can see here in the dark line which shows the years 2009 to 2018, has disappeared by 2019-21 (dotted orange line). Instead, despair starts high ...

Why isn’t the NHS improving faster? We unpack waiting lists, winter pressures, productivity and reform plans - and ask ...

On the benefits side, a new £40 per week ‘baby’ rate of the Scottish child payment for children under 1 year of age will be ...

This paper examines the UK’s current tax and disability trust framework and argues for a broader, more accessible range of ...

Children of parents who benefited from the 1990s house price boom subsequently had more housing wealth and were more likely ...

Using the 1937 introduction of antibiotics, we study how childhood pneumonia affects adult education, employment, income, and ...

Objective analysis of economic policy is more important now than it has ever been. You can join our network and help improve ...

What are IFS experts looking out for in 2026? We discuss rising unemployment, benefit reforms, and whether new technologies ...

We propose a new approach to estimate selection-corrected quantiles of the gender wage gap.