Recent Policy Papers
"Are employers optimizing their 401(k) match?", with Guillermo Carranza, Taha Choukhmane, Fiona Greig, Anna Madamba, and Lawrence Schmidt. [July 2024]
"The evolution of U.S. Firms’ Retirement Plan Offerings: Evidence from a New Panel Data Set", with Antoine Arnoud, Taha Choukhmane, Jorge Colmenares, and Aneesha Parvathaneni. [April 2021]
"Employment Effects of Unemployment Insurance Generosity During the Pandemic", with Joseph Altonji, Zara Contractor, Lucas Finamor, Ryan Haygood, Ilse Lindenlaub, Costas Meghir, Dana Scott, Liana Wang, and Ebonya Washington. [July 2020]
Policy Papers from Work at the Institute for Fiscal Studies 2007–2017
Selected policy papers from my time at the Institute for Fiscal Studies between 2007 and 2017 are given below. Shorter pieces (including blog posts and press releases) are listed on my IFS web-page.
"Financial Incentives to Work, Comparing Ireland and the UK", with Tim Callan, Barra Roantree, and Michael Savage. [July 2016]
"The evolution of wealth in Great Britain: 2006–08 to 2010–12", with Rowena Crawford and Dave Innes. [November 2015]
"Can we measure who loses most from public service spending cuts?", with Ian Preston. [June 2014]
"Retirement sorted? The adequacy and optimality of wealth among the near retired", with Rowena Crawford. [September 2014]
"Auto-enrolment into pensions: an option for Ireland?". [March 2014]
"The adequacy of wealth among those approaching retirement", with Rowena Crawford. [October 2012]
"Measuring the distributional impact of public service cuts", with Ian Preston. [February 2011]
"The wealth and saving of UK families on the eve of the crisis", with Thomas F. Crossley. [July 2010]
"The expenditure experience of older households", with Andrew Leicester and Zoë Oldfield. [August 2009]
"The living standards of families with children reporting low incomes", with Mike Brewer, Luke Sibieta, and Gillian Paul. [May 2009]
"The Inflation experience of older households", with Andrew Leicester and Zoë Oldfield. [October 2008]