Institute for Fiscal Studies
Institute for Fiscal Studies
Below is a selected sample of my published IFS policy outputs. A full list can be found on my IFS page.
The short- and long-run effects of the Education Maintenance Allowance (with Jack Britton, Nick Ridpath and Carmen Villa), IFS Report, February 2025
Media coverage: Economist
Higher long-term interest rates and the cost of student loans (with Kate Ogden and Nick Ridpath), IFS Report, January 2024
Student loans reform is a leap into the unknown, IFS Briefing Note, April 2022
Media coverage: Economist, Guardian, Financial Times
London calling? Higher education, geographical mobility and early-career earnings (with Jack Britton, Laura van der Erve and Xiaowei Xu), Department for Education Research Report, September 2021
Media coverage: Times Higher Education, Evening Standard
Big changes ahead for adult education funding? Definitely maybe (with Luke Sibieta and Imran Tahir), IFS Briefing Note, April 2021
Media coverage: Independent
Will universities need a bailout to survive the Covid-19 crisis? (with Elaine Drayton), IFS Briefing Note, July 2020
The impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings (with Jack Britton, Lorraine Dearden, and Laura van der Erve), Department for Education Research Report, February 2020
Media coverage: Financial Times, BBC, Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Independent
Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio: benchmark estimation and performance analysis (with Vedanth Nair, Muhammed Osman, David Phillips, Edris Seid and Mulay Weldu), Ministry of Finance Research Report (Ethiopia), September 2025
Media Coverage: Addis Standard, African Press Agency, BBC Amharic
Other Writing
Die Datenrevolution in der VWL (with Friedemann Bieber), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 September 2018
Macht es wie Norwegen (with Friedemann Bieber), Die Zeit, 11 Januar 2018
Was das Alter mit sich bringt (with Friedemann Bieber), Die Zeit, 14 December 2017