We show that water, sanitation and hygiene practices (WASH) and nutrition are complements in the formation of child height ...

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 ...

Upcoming increases in the minimum wage and employer NICs could make it harder for young people entering the labour force.

How do people draw on their private pension wealth in retirement, how might this change in future, and what risks do they ...

In this report, we consider policies to help people appropriately manage their defined contribution (DC) pension wealth ...

The latest official statistics on household incomes show dramatic falls, but there is reason to doubt their reliability.

The tortured maths behind the chancellor’s fiscal headroom suggest her ‘ironclad’ fiscal rules are having unintended ...

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 ...

In response to deteriorating global economic conditions, Rachel Reeves chose to fine-tune her spending plans to continue to ...

This paper examines the rise of consumer incentives in tax enforcement and the conditions under which they can enhance ...

On average, the OBR has forecast a £23 billion current budget surplus 5 years out, but this has typically not materialised.

In UK data, I document the prevalence of misbeliefs regarding State Pension eligibility age (SPA) and these misbeliefs’ predictivity of retirement.