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 ...

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

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

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

One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress ...

This Briefing Note describes state pension provision in the United Kingdom from the inception of the basic state pension in 1948, following the Beveridge Report, to Pensions Act 2007 and the plans of ...

Dimensions of Tax Design brings together a high-profile group of more than fifty international experts and younger researchers.

In this Briefing Note, we critically appraise the government's assertion that cohabiting couples are more likley to seperate than married couples.

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...