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 ...

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

This report is one of two reports on the management of pension wealth in retirement conducted as part of the Pensions Review, led by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in partnership with the abrdn ...

In this report, we consider policies to help people appropriately manage their defined contribution (DC) pension wealth through later life. We draw on evidence in a report published alongside this one ...

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

Managing wealth in retirement has been described by a Nobel Prize-winning economist as the “nastiest, hardest problem in finance” due to the difficulty people face managing longevity and investment ...

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

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