We study whether in practice the Scottish Child Payment (SCP) creates disincentives to work.

Productivity is rising rapidly in English hospitals, but this has not translated into large falls in waiting times.

How will changes announced at Budget 2025 affect SEND spending in future? How can the government deal with historic deficits ...

We unpack the Budget’s quieter tax changes, from EV policy to savings and investment reforms, and explore what these small ...

We provide new empirical facts on the formation of subjective expectation regarding rarely studied local house price changes.

This paper revisits the problem of power analysis and sample size calculations in randomised experiments.

This paper offers practical advice on increasing statistical power in randomised experiments via design, implementation and ...

From tax rises to new spending pressures, we break down the major decisions in a packed Autumn Budget and what they mean for the UK.

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Using German pension records and exogenous policy variation, we identify behavioral responses to changes in benefit ...

At this online event, IFS researchers will discuss how rising house prices shaped young people’s social mobility.

We study the phased introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), a tax on highly-polluting vehicles.