Scotland increasingly relies on implicit fiscal transfers from the rest of the UK – but this is also true of the North, ...

We explore the evidence on early years policy and assess the government's Opportunity Mission, which aims to give every child ...

An expansion of discounter retailers coincided with declining retail and manufacturer concentration across most narrowly ...

We study how couples in the Medicare Part D program choose an insurance plan. Over seventy percent of enrollees choose the same plan as their spouse.

With the Pensions Commission launched this week, this article outlines three focus areas from the IFS's Pension Review ...

Stuart Adam, a Senior Economist at the IFS, said: ‘There is growing speculation about whether taxes will go up in the Autumn Budget and – if so – which ones. One idea that is currently attracting ...

Upcoming increases in the minimum wage and employer NICs could make it harder for young people entering the labour force.

The reforms announced today, to be implemented or consulted on, represent a fundamental change to the way that the state supports out-of-work people.

This week, President Trump was inaugurated for his second term and announced plans to impose significant tariffs on imports. But what exactly are tariffs, and how do they work? In this episode, we ...

Teenagers affected by austerity-induced youth club closures performed 4% worse in exams at age 16 and became 14% more likely to commit crimes.

Using quasi-experimental variation from austerity-related cuts, I provide the first causal estimates of youth clubs' effects on education and crime.