At the Institute for Fiscal Studies I conduct and disseminate research with the aim of informing policy development and debate.
Below is a collection of some of my policy writing.
The Pensions Review
Means-tested support for people approaching and beyond state pension age. with Jonathan Cribb and Carl Emmerson. 2024.
The future of the state pension. with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson and Paul Johnson. 2023.
Challenges for the UK pension system: the case for a pensions review. with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Laurence O'Brien. 2023.
Pensioners and retirement
How have pensioner incomes and poverty changed in recent years? with Jonathan Cribb and Anna Henry. 2024.
How important are defined contribution pensions for financing retirement? with Jonathan Cribb. 2023.
The gender gap in pension saving. with Jonathan Cribb and Laurence O'Brien. 2023.
Understanding pension saving of the self-employed. with Jonathan Cribb. 2023.
On a roll? The first decade of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions. 2022.
How does spending change through retirement? with Rowena Crawford and David Sturrock. 2022.
Changing patterns of work at older ages. with Rowena Crawford, Jonathan Cribb and Laurence O'Brien. 2021.
Awareness of state pension entitlements. with Rowena Crawford. 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic and older workers. with Rowena Crawford. 2020.
Other policy areas
Living standards of working-age disability benefits recipients in the UK. with Jonathan Cribb and Tom Waters. 2022.
The cost of living crunch. with Robert Joyce, Peter Levell, Tom Waters. 2022.