Research

All papers are open access.

Published papers

G. Giupponi, R. Joyce, A. Lindner, T. Waters, T. Wernham and X. Xu (2024). "The Employment and Distributional Impacts of Nationwide Minimum Wage Changes". Journal of Labor Economics

Blundell, R., M. Costa Dias, J. Cribb, R. Joyce, T. Waters, T. Wernham and X. Xu (2022). “Inequality and the Covid crisis in the United Kingdom”, Annual Review of Economics.

Bourquin, P. and T. Waters (2022). “Jobs and job quality between the eve of the Great Recession and the eve of COVID-19”, Fiscal Studies.

Brewer, M., R. Joyce, T. Waters and J. Woods (2020). “A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit”, Economics Letters.

Waters, T. (2017). “Cracking the whip: Spatial voting with party discipline and voter polarization”, Public Choice.

Book chapters

Hoynes, H., R. Joyce and T. Waters (2023) ‘Benefits and tax credits’, chapter in IFS Deaton Review: Inequalities in the 21st Century. 

Working papers

Adams, A., M. Balgova, M. Qian and T. Waters (2023). “Flexible Work Arrangements in Low Wage Jobs: Evidence from Job Vacancy Data”,

Goll, D., R. Joyce and T. Waters (2023). "Intensive margin labour supply and the dynamic effects of in-work transfers". Forthcoming in Economica.

Codreanu, M. and T. Waters (2023). "Do work search requirements work? Evidence from a UK reform targeting single parents".

Bourquin, P., J. Cribb, T. Waters and X. Xu (2019). “Why has in-work poverty risen in Britain?”. Revise and resubmit at Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

Work in progress

‘Family labour supply and the tax and benefit system: the impact of universal credit’. With Robert Joyce and Monica Costa Dias.

‘The importance of families’ financial resources for child development: evidence from 2017 welfare reforms’. With Sarah Cattan, Robert Joyce and Tom Wernham.

‘Consumption dynamics and the insurance value of benefits’. With Isaac Delestre, Robert Joyce and Martin O’Connell.

‘Barriers and screening in benefit take-up: evidence from Pension Credit’. With Deven Ghelani, Robert Joyce and Rachael Walker.

‘The incidence of in-work benefits on wages’. With Tom Wernham.

Resting papers

Cribb, J., H. Karjalainen and T. Waters (2022). "Living standards of working-age disability benefits recipients in the UK".