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

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

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

An in-depth look at the UK’s long-term fiscal risks, from ageing and pensions to climate change, and what can be done to ...

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

An assessment of the tax rises and spending increases proposed in the 2024 Liberal Democrat general election manifesto.

This report highlights 10 key facts about UK tax and public finance policy that will underpin the choices faced by governments in coming decades.

This report gives a high-level overview of tax policy across the period 2010 to 2024. An appendix summarises the main tax policy changes. There are some clear distinctions between the governments ...

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

The IFS Green Budget 2016, in association with ICAEW and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, is edited by Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Robert Joyce, and copy-edited by Judith Payne. The report looks ...

Paul Johnson, Director of the IFS, said: “That was not the quiet Autumn Statement we were promised. Before assessing the specifics, it’s worth getting a few things straight. The public finances ...

Schools serving more deprived pupils face major challenges over the next few years. Educational inequalities will have widened during lockdown. Planned increases in teacher starting salaries will also ...