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

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

Our findings are based on rigorous analysis, detailed empirical evidence and in-depth institutional knowledge.

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

Our interactive tool lets you be the Chancellor. Change spending plans, set tax policies and see how your choices impact borrowing and debt.

This paper presents a computationally efficient method for binary classification using Manski’s (1975,1985) maximum score ...

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

Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

As Chancellor George Osborne prepares for his keynote statement on fiscal policy and the economy the IFS Green Budget assesses some of the issues he will have to deal with.

The gap in employment rates between the best- and worst-performing areas is at its widest since 2005, says Christine Farquharson. In the final run up to the election, we answer your questions about ...

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

The government pays around £22 billion to fund the education of each cohort of English-domiciled full-time undergraduate students studying in the UK.