English councils’ core spending power set to increase 3.8% in real-terms next year, but increases will vary hugely across the ...

We discuss how taxes like capital gains, stamp duty, and council tax impact the housing market, affecting affordability, ...

This paper studies tax evasion and the contribution-benefit link in the context of maternity benefits in Hungary. Earnings and employment patterns suggest pre-pregnancy underreporting, followed by ...

In UK data, I document the prevalence of misbeliefs regarding the State Pension eligibility age (SPA) and these misbeliefs predictivity of retirement. Exploiting policy variation, I estimate a ...

We estimate the impact of firm quality – primarily measured by firm productivity – on the health maintenance of employees. Using linked employer-employee administrative panel data from Hungary, we ...

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 ...

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

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

Healthcare is the Scottish Government’s largest area of spending. The NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care budget is planned to be £20.6 billion this year, around one-third of the total Scottish ...

Funding for pupils with special educational needs in England increased by 59% or £4 billion between 2015 and 2024. A further £1 billion announced in the recent Budget will take total funding to £12 ...