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

Reforms to council funding would better match needs but bring big changes - some councils face deep cuts while others see substantial gains.

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

IFS Deputy Director, Jonathan Cribb, delivered the presentation as part of CEPR's Economics of Longevity and Ageing ...

This paper examines the distributional consequences of capping nominal UK public sector wage growth for workers earning above ...

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

Different methods of eliciting the Marginal Propensity to Consume give very different distributions.

This article assesses the outlook for future retirees whilst also providing policy recommendations and a blueprint to improve ...

The broad thrust of Nigel Farage’s speech echoes Reform UK’s manifesto: very large tax cuts to be paid for with very large spending cuts.

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.

A new IFS report released today, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Health Foundation, finds a range of evidence that mental health has worsened since the pandemic. This is consistent ...

Ben Zaranko, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies said: "If the UK needs to spend more on defence on a structural and permanent basis, that is not something that can be sustainably ...