Updated forecasts for tax revenues and benefit spending imply a more challenging funding outlook for the Scottish Government.

This report explores options for incorporating administrative records on graduate earnings into the OfS’ regulation of higher ...

The 'Be the Chancellor' tool, built by IFS researchers in partnership with Nesta, illustrates key choices and fiscal ...

This is no doubt why the existing policy tied WFP eligibility to PC – those households getting PC are known to have low ...

The Government has today announced a series of public sector pay awards for those covered by the Pay Review Body process.

Sure Start was the first large government initiative to provide area-based holistic support to families with children under the age of 5 in England. It did so through a network of ‘one-stop shops’, ...

Research published today concludes that Sure Start – one of England’s biggest early years programmes – generated widespread and long-lasting benefits for children. It improved educational outcomes and ...

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for ...

Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...