Advanced search Publications Research Areas Research Centres People Events News Tools and Resources About Our goal at the Institute for Fiscal Studies is to promote effective economic and social policies by better understanding how policies affect individuals, families, businesses and the government's finances. Prospect Magazine UK think tank of the year 2014. IFS/CIOT party conference fringe events 19 September 2014 IFS and CIOT are once again holding debates at the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences. The topic will be "Balancing the Books – tax and spending choices in the next Parliament" and Paul Johnson, IFS director, will present at each alongside a speaker from CIOT and an experienced MP. Find out more The NHS in Scotland 11 September 2014 The future of the welfare state, and particularly of the NHS, has taken centre stage in the Scottish independence debate in recent days. Given the political rhetoric, there is a clear need for some impartial analysis. In this observation we try to set out some of the facts on both recent changes in NHS spending in England and Scotland, and the prospects for the future whether Scotland is in or out of the Union. Our analysis suggests it is unlikely that independence would make it easier to find additional money for the NHS. Find out more Retirement sorted? The adequacy and optimality of wealth among the near-retired 9 September 2014 In a new study, IFS researchers have found that the vast majority of couples born in the 1940s have levels of wealth that are more than sufficient to maintain their standards of living into and through retirement. Find out more at the 'Are you prepared for retirement?' conference this afternoon. Find out more Latest publications 29 September 2014 Using the infrastructure of a conditional cash transfer program to deliver a scalable integrated early child development program in Colombia: cluster randomized controlled trial 24 September 2014 Economic theory and forecasting: lessons from the literature 19 September 2014 How do the parties' fiscal targets compare? 17 September 2014 What is the future for the state pension? 16 September 2014 Recombinant innovation and the boundaries of the firm 12 September 2014 Paul Johnson on fiscal challenges and HE finance 12 September 2014 Sieve Wald and QLR Inferences on Semi/nonparametric Conditional Moment Models Explore Publications Research Areas Research Centres People Events News Tools and Resources About Jobs Legal Disclaimer Privacy Copyright Accessibility Code of conduct Follow us Sign up to IFS alerts Twitter Contact The Institute for Fiscal Studies Tel: 020 7291 4800 Fax: 020 7323 4780 Email: mailbox@ifs.org.uk 7 Ridgmount Street London WC1E 7AE © 2014 The Institute for Fiscal Studies We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. We use a Google Analytics script which sets cookies. More details can be found in our privacy policy. close