Election Special: Is there a 'conspiracy of silence' between both parties? podcastIn this episode, we discuss the tight fiscal situation after the next budget, and also look at how the education system is faring. 6 June 2024
Election Special: What you need to know podcastIn our first election special, we look at the broad economic picture and analyse announcements about the fiscal rules, the triple lock and tax.28 May 2024
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LSE-IFS-UCL-CEPR-Imperial Business School workshop on household finance workshop 24 May 2024 The IFS, in association with LSE, UCL, CEPR, and Imperial Business School, are organising a workshop on household finance.
IFS-CAGE workshop on the economics of mental health workshop 18 June 2024 The IFS and CAGE Research Centre (University of Warwick) are co-organising a workshop on the economics of mental health.
6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation conference 25 September 2024 We invite researchers from both academic and policy institutions to submit a paper or an extended abstract of two or more pages by April.
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
Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy The Research Centre at the heart of IFS is the CPP.
Intergenerational mobility in socio-emotional skills Working PaperThis paper investigates the intergenerational transmission of socio-emotional skills during childhood, using the1970 British Cohort Study in the UK.5 June 2024
The intergenerational elasticity of earnings: Exploring the mechanisms Working PaperWe use data covering a single cohort’s first 55 years of life to explain the differences in the intergenerational elasticity of earnings.3 June 2024
The Conservatives and the Economy, 2010–24 Working PaperThis chapter documents the course of the economy over the last 14 years for the forthcoming book 'The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024'.3 June 2024
Inference for rank-rank regressions Working PaperSlope coefficients in rank-rank regressions are popular measures of intergenerational mobility.28 May 2024
Targeting men, women or both to reduce child marriage Working Paper We conduct a cluster-randomized control trial of an edutainment intervention aimed at delaying marriage of adolescent children in rural Pakistan.28 May 2024
Keeping the peace whilst getting your way: Information, persuasion and intimate partner violence Working PaperWe study the effects on intimate partner violence (IPV) of new information received by men and women, relevant to a high-stakes joint decision. 17 May 2024
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
