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There are strong reasons to radically reform how we currently tax the sources and uses of wealth; this includes reforming ...
The government has set itself a target to have 75% of five-year-olds reaching a good level of development by 2028.
The chancellor has to somehow reconcile tax and spending, but both her own Labour MPs and the Tory opposition are still ...
The government’s original reform was set to save £5.5 billion in the short run (by 2029–30) and double that in the long run ...
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At this event researchers presented the final recommendations of the Pensions Review. Just over two years on from the initial ...
In this paper, the authors ask what role taxation can or might play in reducing inequality in low and middle-income countries ...
We study the effect of financial incentives on the adoption of electronic payment technology and on tax compliance by firms.
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Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap).
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.