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Research Fellow University College London
Claire is a Research Fellow at IFS, working on the determinants and consequences of participation in childcare and education for parents and children.
Rowena Crawford
Research Associate
Wenchao is an Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex and an IFS Research Associate.
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C, Crawford and R, Crawford and W, Jin. (2014). The idea of a single ‘tipping point’ for the RAB charge is misleading [Comment] economicsofhe.org. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/idea-single-tipping-point-rab-charge-misleading (accessed: 12 January 2025).
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