The £600 billion problem awaiting the next government podcastWe speak to David Gauke and Giles Wilkes, two experts who have been at the heart of the spending review process.25 April 2024
Be the Chancellor Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.
Should we worry about government debt? podcastDavid Miles joins us to discuss high government debt and its impact on the economy. 11 April 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.
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Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
The role of hospital networks in individual mortality Working PaperWe estimate that broad-network insurers reduce mortality because they steer patients to higher-quality providers and reduce hospital congestion.13 May 2024
Leveraging edutainment and social networks to foster interethnic harmony Working PaperUsing a cluster-randomised field experiment, this paper investigates the effectiveness of educational entertainment in promoting interethnic harmony.10 May 2024
Forced displacement, mental health, and child development: Evidence from Rohingya refugees Working PaperIn this study, we conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 3,500 Rohingya mother-child pairs in refugee camps in Bangladesh.10 May 2024
The unintended consequences of infrastructure development Working PaperFocusing on the period from 2005 to 2015 in Peru, I investigate the social costs imposed by poor implementation of public infrastructure.8 May 2024
Imagine your life at 25: Gender conformity and later-life outcomes Working PaperWe analyse thousands of essays written by 11-year-old girls in 1969 to assess conformity with gender norms and its implications for future outcomes.24 April 2024
A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice Working PaperIn this paper, we estimate how the gender of supervisors early in one’s career affects subsequent choice of finely-defined occupations. 24 April 2024
Police infrastructure, police performance, and crime: Evidence from austerity cuts Working PaperFocusing on a wave of austerity cuts, I show that police station closure increased violent crimes in census blocks near the defunct stations. 24 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
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
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
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
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
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
