This paper estimates the responsiveness of retirement saving to tax incentives for employees in Great Britain.

Why do so few people move from incapacity benefits into work? What does this mean for government plans to get more people ...

What Reeves needs to do is to think about the tax base — the measure of gains on which the tax is charged — as well as the ...

We examine the challenges facing public services and the Chancellor’s public spending options at the forthcoming Budget and ...

Growth has been better than expected this year, but the UK’s recovery is not yet secure. Structural changes will require ...

David Phillips says that even if chancellor Rachel Reeves manages to avoid making cuts, councils will still need a laser-like ...

The Chancellor has inherited an unenviable public finance situation. Taxes are at a historic high and yet debt is high, rising and only barely forecast to decline in five years’ time, while many ...

Jonathan is an Assistant Professor and the Helen and O.N. Mitchell, Jr Faculty Fellow in Real Estate at the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University and a Research Associate at IFS and cemmap. His ...

Mårten Palme is an Associate Professor at Stockholm University, previously at the Stockholm School of Economics, and a Research Fellow at the IFS. He has done research on income inequality, earnings ...

Agar is a Professor of Economics at the University of Venice and a Research Fellow of the IFS. She has investigated the behaviour of individuals and household both in the area of consumption and ...