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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.


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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: 24 June 2025).
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