Part of my role at the Institute for Fiscal Studies is to conduct and disseminate research with the aim of informing policy development and debate. Below is a collection of my policy writing, organised by topic.
Help onto the housing ladder: the role of intergenerational transfers (with Bee Boileau). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R289, December 2023
Related Press Coverage: Bloomberg, The Financial Times, The TelegraphWho gives wealth transfers to whom and when? (with Bee Boileau). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R243, February 2023
Related Press Coverage: The Guardian (1), The Guardian (2), The Telegraph, The Times (1) , The Times (2), Financial Times, Daily MailWhy do wealthy parents have wealthy children? (with Alexander Davenport and Peter Levell). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R196, September 2021
Related Press Coverage: The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, City AM, HuffPostRaising reforms from closing inheritance tax loopholes (with Arun Advani), April 2024
Related Press Coverage: The Financial TimesWhat's the point of inheritance tax? (with Arun Advani). The New Statesman, September 2023.
Reforming inheritance tax (with Arun Advani). in IFS Green Budget, September 2023.
Related Press Coverage: The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The TimesInheritances and inequality over the lifecycle: what will they mean for younger generations? (with Pascale Bourquin and Robert Joyce) - summary. Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R188, April 2021
Related Press Coverage: The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, The IndependentInheritances and inequality within generations (with Pascale Bourquin and Robert Joyce) - summary. Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R173, July 2020
Related Press Coverage: The Telegraph (1), The Telegraph (2), The Guardian, The Financial TimesPolicies to improve employees’ retirement resources (with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Laurence O'Brien). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R332, September 2024
Related Press Coverage: The GuardianAdequacy of future retirement incomes: new evidence for private sector employees (with Jonathan and Laurence O'Brien). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R331, September 2024
When should individuals save for retirement? Predictions from an economic model of household saving behaviour (with Rowena Crawford and Laurence O'Brien). Institute for Fiscal Studies Briefing Note BN326, May 2021
Avocado-eating millennials aren't to blame for the generational wealth gap (with Rowena Crawford). The Times, November 2019
How and why might the wealth of different generations be expected to differ? (with Rowena Crawford) - summary. Institute for Fiscal Studies Briefing Note BN0257, October 2019
Related Press Coverage: The TimesRaising revenue from reforms to pensions taxation (with Stuart Adam, Carl Emmerson, Isaac Delestre and Helen Miller). Institute for Fiscal Studies Comment, September 2024
Related coverage: The Financial Times
A blueprint for a better tax treatment of pensions (with Stuart Adam, Carl Emmerson and Isaac Delestre). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R240, February 2023
Death and taxes and pensions (with Stuart Adam, Carl Emmerson and Isaac Delestre). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R240, December 2022
Does the cap fit? Analysing the government's proposed amendment to the English social care charging system (with Charles Tallack). Institute for Fiscal Studies Briefing Note, February 2022
How does spending change through retirement? (with Rowena Crawford and Heidi Karjalainen). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report, May 2022
Coronavirus and defined contribution pensions: freedom means tough choices when times are hard (with Rowena Crawford). Institute for Fiscal Studies Observation, April 2020
The role of pessimism in explaining the 'annuity puzzle'. Institute for Fiscal Studies Observation, January 2019
Related Press Coverage: The Independent, FT Adviser, The Financial TimesSubjective expectations of survival and economic behaviour (with Cormac O'Dea). Institute for Fiscal Studies Working Paper W18/14, April 2018
Related Press Coverage: The Financial Times, The Times (1), The Times (2)Despite short-term relief, households could face debt problems as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Institute for Fiscal Studies Observation, April 2020
When is household debt a problem? (with Andrew Hood). Huffington Post blog, January 2018
Problem debt and low income households (with Andrew Hood and Robert Joyce). Institute for Fiscal Studies Report R138, January 2018
Related Press Coverage: The Guardian, BBC, BloombergHealth and economic outcomes (with Paul Johnson and George Stoye) in Chief Medical Officer annual report 2018. December 2018
Disability benefit spending and the recent change to regulations (with Carl Emmerson). Institute for Fiscal Studies Observation, March 2017
Working-age incapacity and disability benefits (with Carl Emmerson and Robert Joyce), in Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Robert Joyce (eds.) Institute for Fiscal Studies Green Budget, January 2017
Scotland analysis: Fiscal policy and sustainability (joint with HM Treasury co-authors)