The IFS is launching a major new £2.5 million study of inequality in the UK, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Angus Deaton.
CPP directors, Orazio Attanasio, James Banks and Richard Blundell are on the panel for the review, along with a range of experts from the UK and overseas.
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