Work in Progress
Why does raising the early retirement age affect employment? Evidence from the UK (with Courtney Coile, Carl Emmerson and Laurence O'Brien) (under review)
Why has in-work poverty risen in Britain? (with Tom Waters and Xiaowei Xu) (2nd round R&R at Oxford Bulletin of Economic and Statistics)
Ethnic inequalities in pension saving, before and after automatic enrolment (with Laurence O'Brien and David Sturrock)
Accessing defined contribution pensions after the end of compulsory annuitisation (with Heidi Karjalainen)
Immigration and income inequality: evidence from 10 European and North American countries” (with Egbert Jongen and Heike Vethaak)
Published in academic journals:
"The impact of work on cognition and physical disability: evidence from English women" (with James Banks, Carl Emmerson, and David Sturrock), Labour Economics, 2025, vol 94,
"The future of public pension provision in the UK: challenges and trade-offs" (with Carl Emmerson and Heidi Karjalainen), Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2025, vol 41, Issue 1, pp. 153-166
"Changing labour market and income inequalities in Europe and North America: a parallel project to the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities in the 21st century". (with James Banks, Antoine Bozio, Richard Blundell, David Green, and James Ziliak) Fiscal Studies, 2024, vol. 45, pp. 111–117. (introductory article, not peer reviewed)
"Labour market and income inequalities in the United Kingdom, 1968–2021" Fiscal Studies, 2024, vol. 45, pp. 131–142.
"Falling employment and worsening health in the UK: connected or distinct trends" British Medical Journal, 2023; 380:p647 (invited contribution, not peer reviewed)
"Twenty five year of income inequality in Britain: the role of wages, household earnings and redistribution" Fiscal Studies, 2023 (with Robert Joyce and Thomas Wernham)
"Inequality and the Covid crisis in the United Kingdom", (with Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias, Robert Joyce, Tom Waters, Thomas Wernham and Xiaowei Xu). Annual Review of Economics, 2022, 14, pp. 607-636
"What can we learn about automatic enrolment into pensions from small employers?", (with Carl Emmerson) , National Tax Journal, 2021, 74(2),
"What happens to workplace pension saving when employers are obliged to enrol employees automatically?" (with Carl Emmerson), International Tax and Public Finance, 27, pp. 664-693
"Intergenerational differences in income and wealth: evidence from Britain", Fiscal Studies, 2019, Vol. 43, No.3, pp. 275-299 .
"Can’t wait to get my pension: the effect of raising the female early retirement age on income, poverty and deprivation" (with Carl Emmerson) Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 2019. Vol 18, No. 3, pp.450-472
"Two Decades of Income Inequality in Britain: The Role of Wages, Household Earnings and Redistribution" (with Chris Belfield, Richard Blundell, Andrew Hood and Robert Joyce), Economica, 2017. Vol. 84, No. 334, pp. 157-179
"Signals matter? Large retirement responses to limited financial incentives" (with Carl Emerson and Gemma Tetlow), Labour Economics, 2016 Vol 42, pp. 203-212
"Workplace pensions and remuneration in the public and private sectors in the UK" (with Carl Emmerson), National Institute Economic Review, 2016. Vol 237, R30-R37
Book chapters:
“Pressures on public sector pay” (with Magdalena Dominguez and Andrew McKendrick) in (eds) Emmerson, Johnson, and Ogden The IFS Green Budget October 2024. IFS: London
"Policies to Preserve Worker-Firm Links During the Pandemic: Lessons from the UK’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme" (with Paul Johnson), in "Preserving Employer-Employee Links in the COVID-19 Era". American Enterprise Institute: Washington DC.
"Employment and the end of the furlough scheme", (with Adam Salisbury). Chapter in (eds.) Emmerson, Johnson and Zaranko, The IFS Green Budget October 2021, IFS: London
"Barriers to homeownership for young adults" (with Polly Simpson) Chapter in (eds.) Emmerson, C. Farquharson, C. and Johnson, P. The IFS Green Budget October 2018, IFS: London.
"Earnings since the recession" (with Robert Joyce). Chapter in (eds.) Emmerson, Johnson and Joyce, The IFS Green Budget February 2015. IFS: London
"Public spending and pay" (with Rowena Crawford and Luke Sibieta). Chapter in (eds.) Emmerson, Johnson and Miller, The IFS Green Budget February 2013. IFS: London.