We evaluate the Education Maintenance Allowance, a conditional cash transfer scheme that paid low-income teenagers to remain ...

We consider the implications of different potential changes to departmental spending plans at the upcoming Budget.

IFS celebrates a double win, taking 'Think Tank of the Year' and 'Best Publication' honours.

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

Personal tax thresholds have been frozen since 2023 or earlier, meaning inflation erodes their real value. Extending freezes ...

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

This online event will present new IFS research on cognitive decline in older age and its impact on financial choices and ...

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

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

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