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.
Pension saving
The Pensions Review: final recommendations (with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Heidi Karjalainen), IFS report, July 2025.
Small pension pots: problems and potential policy responses (with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson and David Sturrock), IFS report, February 2025.
Policies to improve employees' retirement resources (with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and David Sturrock), IFS report, September 2024.
Adequacy of future retirement incomes: new evidence for private-sector employees (with Jonathan Cribb and David Sturrock), IFS report, September 2024.
Private pensions for the self-employed: challenges and options for reform (with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson and David Sturrock), IFS report, September 2024.
Pensions: five key decisions for the next government (with Jonathan Cribb and Heidi Karjalainen), IFS report, June 2024.
Challenges for the UK pension system: the case for a pensions review (with Jonathan Cribb, Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Heidi Karjalainen), IFS report, April 2023.
The gender gap in pension saving (with Jonathan Cribb and Heidi Karjalainen), IFS report, March 2023.
When and why do employees change their pension saving? (with Jonathan Cribb), IFS report, February 2023.
Life-cycle patterns in pension saving (with Rowena Crawford). IFS report, May 2021.
When should individuals save for retirement? Predictions from an economic model of household saving behaviour (with Rowena Crawford and David Sturrock). IFS report, May 2021.
Public sector pay and pensions
Scottish public sector employment and pay (with Jonathan Cribb and Magdalena DomĂnguez, February 2025.
Recent trends in public sector pay (with Jonathan Cribb), IFS report, March 2024.
Public spending, pay and pensions (with Bee Boileau and Ben Zaranko), in IFS Green Budget 2022, October 2022.
Economic activity and incomes of older workers
How did increasing the state pension age from 65 to 66 affect household incomes? (with Jonathan Cribb), IFS report, June 2022.
Labour market effects of the increase in the state pension age from 65 to 66 (with Jonathan Cribb and Carl Emmerson), IFS report, January 2022.
Changing patterns of work at older ages (with Rowena Crawford, Jonathan Cribb and Heidi Karjalainen). IFS report, June 2021.