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

This report provides a detailed analysis of Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio potential and the factors behind Ethiopia’s low ...

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

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

Are England’s school-aged children thriving – or are too many being left behind? The government’s Opportunity Mission promises to end the link between a child’s background and their future. But with ...

Rory is a Research Associate at the IFS and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Western Ontario.

To accompany our podcasts, we provide a set of questions designed for A-level (or equivalent) economics teachers and students.

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 ...

The IFS Green Budget looks at the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Chancellor aims to secure a lasting recovery and deliver on the Government’s other objectives and priorities.

The Home Office has repeatedly spent far more than budgeted for asylum, border, visa and passport operations in recent years.