Many economic panel and dynamic models, such as rational behavior and Euler equations, imply that the parameters of interest ...

This paper develops a novel method for policy choice in a dynamic setting where the available data is a multi-variate time series. We consider estimation and inference for a regression coefficient in ...

The persuasion rate is a key parameter for measuring the causal effect of a directional message on influencing the ...

France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms.

The government’s recent ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper restated their ambitious target to get 80% of 16-64-year-olds into ...

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

Carl is Deputy Director of the IFS, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an editor of the annual IFS Green Budget and a Director of the Pensions Review. His research includes issues around the ...

2024/25 childcare funding rates offer real-terms protection for the early years budget, with a boost to the funding top-up ...

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 ...

The means-tested benefit system provides important support to low-income households both before and after state pension age. It is significantly more generous for those above the state pension age, ...

Paula is an Enrichment student at IFS, a PhD student in Economics and a tutor for the economics related courses in the Health Economics and Decision Science MSc at UCL. Paula's research interests ...

Paul has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies since 2011. He is a columnist for The Times, and is a regular contributor to other broadcast and print media. He is a visiting professor in ...