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Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 2024
The Spring Budget 2024 explained in 90 seconds explainerIFS Director Paul Johnson gives an initial response to Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget.6 March 2024
IFS Annual Lecture - Innovation and productivity policies: a budgetary perspective event 15 May 2024 Professor Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College) will deliver the 2024 IFS Annual Lecture on innovation and productivity policies.
Higher Education Access and Funding: challenges and policy options conference 14 May 2024 This one-day academic conference will look at access to and funding of Higher Education systems.
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy landing pageThe ESRC has funded a research centre at IFS since 1991, recognised as a global centre of excellence and now with UKRI Research Institute status.15 July 2022
Jobs landing pageAt IFS, we recruit and train top-quality economists and professional support staff. We aim to foster a respectful and inclusive working environment.20 July 2022
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages Working PaperWe estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US.15 April 2024
Parental beliefs, perceived health risks, and time investment in children Working PaperWhat role did beliefs about risks and returns play for the allocation of time investment in children during the pandemic?15 April 2024
Interpreting cohort profiles of lifecycle earnings volatility Working PaperWe present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital.15 April 2024
The life-cycle dynamics of wealth mobility Working PaperIn this paper, we use 25 years of tax records for the Norwegian population and find considerable wealth mobility over the life cycle.10 April 2024
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs Working PaperWe estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany.2 April 2024
Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers Working PaperWe investigate the importance of social skills as a driver of wage growth for workers with lower formal education.27 March 2024
House price rises and borrowing to invest Working PaperWe propose a borrow-to-invest motive by which house price gains affect household spending on residential investment.27 March 2024
Household responses to trade shocks Working PaperWe study the responses of both individuals and their partners to rising Chinese import competition in the 2000s.26 March 2024
The consequences of miscarriage on parental investments Working PaperWe exploit the random nature of single, early miscarriages to examine the impact of pregnancy loss on parental investment and family outcomes.22 March 2024
The menopause "penalty" Working PaperWe estimate the effect of menopause diagnosis on employment and earnings, reliance on social safety net programs, and demand for medical care.18 March 2024
Evaluating pricing health insurance in lower-income countries: A field experiment in India Working PaperWe conducted a large-scale, 4-year trial that randomized premiums and subsidies for India’s first national, public hospital insurance program, RSBY.14 March 2024
Diversity and discrimination in the classroom Working PaperWe examine how the mixing of ethnic groups in German schools affects intergroup co-operation and trust.12 February 2024
Saving after retirement and preferences for residual wealth Working PaperWe use administrative data for Norway to estimate an incomplete-market life-cycle model of retired singles and couples.18 January 2024
Self-employment and labor market risks Working PaperThis paper finds that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and they frequently transition into unemployment. 9 January 2024
Robust analysis of short panels Working PaperExamples of application to some static and dynamic binary, ordered and multiple discrete choice panel data models are presented.8 January 2024
A coefficient of variation for ordered categorical data: Analyzing relative health inequality and ageing in the UK and relative human resource inequality and gender in Canada Working PaperThe rise of ordinal data in empirical sciences calls for location and variation measurement instruments suitable for such data environments.21 December 2023
Measuring wellbeing growth and convergence in multivariate ordered categorical worlds: Has there been any levelling up in the United Kingdom? Working PaperWhilst there is strong evidence of growth, the results indicate that there is little evidence of "levelling up" type growth in the United Kingdom.21 December 2023
Adverse selection among early adopters and unraveling innovation Working PaperI provide an equilibrium analysis of 'selection markets,' where consumers vary in both their willingness to pay and the cost to the seller.18 December 2023
Social proximity and misinformation: Experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India Working PaperWe study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health behaviour campaigns.7 December 2023
Cost-sharing in medical care can increase adult mortality: Evidence from Colombia Working PaperTo 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
