Understanding poverty in the UK: the data gaps holding us back
Media - January 19, 2026
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Poverty data gaps: interim findings
Report - January 15, 2026
The effects of subsidies and regulatory contexts on precarious housing among low-income renters: a cross-national comparison
Journal Article - January 4, 2026
IFS Sure Start research wins ONS Research Excellence Award 2025
Media - December 4, 2025
The rise of the chancer entrepreneur: institutions and digital technology for entrepreneurship in uncertain times
Journal Article - December 1, 2025
Inequality in provider and patient-initiated healthcare cancellations during Covid-19
Journal Article - December 1, 2025
Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births?
Journal Article - November 27, 2025
The contemporary relevance of the social sciences
Report - November 15, 2025
Working from home could get people back into work
Media - November 13, 2025
Is working from home working? Report of session 2024–26. Ordered to be printed 27 October 2025 and published 13 November 2025 [House of Lords. Select Committee on Home-Based Working]
Parliamentary Paper, HL Paper, 196 - November 13, 2025
The consequences of working from home on health and wellbeing
Book Chapter, Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, Ch. 7 - November 11, 2025
Labour markets and work during the COVID-19 pandemic—who could and who did work from home?
Book Chapter, Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, Ch. 6 - November 11, 2025
The causal effects of alcohol minimum unit pricing on drinking behaviour in the UK
Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 18249 - November 1, 2025
Revaluation and reform of council tax in Scotland: design considerations and potential impacts
Report, Social Research series - October 27, 2025
Invited commentary on: Does the ‘right to request’ flexible work policy influence men’s and women’s uptake of flexible working and well-being: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Journal Article - October 9, 2025
Estimating population mental health effects of the rollout of Universal Credit in the UK using standard and novel difference-in-differences analysis, 2009–2019
Journal Article - October 1, 2025
Flexible working policies not enough to change workplace practices
Media - September 16, 2025
Does the ‘right to request’ flexible work policy influence men’s and women’s uptake of flexible working and well-being: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Journal Article - September 15, 2025
The Public Policy Preference Calculator (TriplePC): developing a comprehensive welfare policy microsimulation
Journal Article - August 31, 2025
Framework to implement a life course approach in practice
Report - July 3, 2025
Low Pay Britain 2025: where next for the Government’s employment reforms?
Report - July 3, 2025
Access to transport, life satisfaction and the mental wellbeing of rural older people in England under austerity
Journal Article - July 1, 2025
Fathers taking leave: evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the United Kingdom
Journal Article - June 19, 2025
Paternity leave, mental health and wellbeing for new parents: evidence from a national survey in the UK
Journal Article - June 15, 2025
Mental health of UK youth following the removal of the Education Maintenance Allowance in England: a natural experiment study using Understanding Society data
Journal Article - June 3, 2025
The care expectation gap
Report - May 28, 2025
The short- and medium-term effects of Sure Start on children’s outcomes
Report, IFS Report Series - May 22, 2025
The health effects of universal early childhood interventions: evidence from Sure Start
Research Paper, IFS Working Paper Series, 25/20 - May 19, 2025
Using interactions of area dose and individual exposure to estimate effects of population health interventions
Journal Article - May 15, 2025
Understanding Society – a household study enabling us to better understand life in the UK
Report - May 6, 2025
The political effects of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone
Journal Article - April 17, 2025
Policies to help people manage defined contribution pension wealth through retirement
Report, IFS Report Series - April 15, 2025