The review will be led by an interdisciplinary panel chaired by Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton and is comprised of world leaders in economics, sociology, demography, philosophy, political science and epidemiology.
The panel & contributors
Our chair
Our panel
![Orazio Attanasio](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Orazio_Attanasio.jpg)
![James Banks](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/James_Banks.jpg)
![Lisa Berkman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lisa_Berkman.jpg)
![Tim Besley](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Tim_Besley.png)
![Richard Blundell](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard_Blundell.jpg)
![Paul Johnson](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Paul_Johnson.jpg)
![Robert Joyce](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Robert-Joyce.jpg)
![Kathleen Tiernan](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kathleen_Kiernan.jpg)
![Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pinelopi_Koujianou_Goldberg.jpg)
![Lucinda Platt](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lucinda_Platt.jpg)
![Imran-Rasul](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/imran-rasul.jpg)
![Debra Satz](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Debra_Satz.jpg)
![Jean Tirole](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Jean_Tirole.jpg)
Contributors
![Daron Acemoglu](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Daron-Acemoglu.jpg)
![Arun Advani](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Arun-Advani.jpg)
![Philippe Aghion](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Philippe-Aghion.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bob-Allen.jpg)
![Ingvild-Almås](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Ingvild-Almås-.jpg)
![Ash Amin](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ash-Amin-300x300.jpeg)
![Alison Andrew](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Alison-Andrew.jpg)
![Ben Ansell](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ben-Ansell.jpg)
![Orley Ashenfelter](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Orley-Ashenfelter.jpg)
![David Atkin](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/David-Atkin.jpg)
![Oriana Bandiera](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Oriana-Bandiera.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Fran-Bennett.jpg)
![Rebecca Benson](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Rebecca-Benson-.jpg)
![Pablo Beramendi](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pablo-Beramendi.jpg)
![Lisa Berkman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lisa_Berkman.jpg)
![Pascale Bourquin](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pascale-Bourquin.jpg)
![Richard Breen](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Richard-Breen.jpg)
![Mike Brewer](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Mike-Brewer.jpg)
![Jan Bruelle](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jan-Bruelle-300x300.jpg)
![Julia Cage](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/J_CAGE-300x300.jpg)
![Pierre Cahuc](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Pierre-Cahuc.jpg)
![Alexander-W-Cappelen](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Alexander-W-Cappelen-.jpg)
![Anne Case](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Anne-Case.jpg)
![Sarah Cattan](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sarah-Cattan.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lynn-Prince-Cooke-1.jpg)
![Monica Costas Dias](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Monica-Costas-Dias.jpg)
![Nicholas Crafts](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nicholas-Crafts.jpg)
![Jonathan Cribb](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jonathan-Cribb.jpg)
![Sam Crossman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sam-Crossman.jpg)
![Janet Currie](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Janet-Currie.jpg)
![Jan De Loecker](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DeLoecker.jpg)
![Isaac Delestre](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Isaac-Delestre.jpg)
![Claudia Diehl](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Claudia-Diehl.jpg)
![Matthias Doepke](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Matthias-Doepke.jpg)
![David Dorn](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/David-Dorn.jpg)
![Bobby Duffy](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bobby-Duffy.jpg)
![Christian Dustmann](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/christian-dustmann.png)
![Jan Eeckhout](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jan-Eeckhout.jpg)
![Laura Van Der Erve](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Laura-Van-Der-Erve-300x300.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Daisy-Fancourt.jpg)
![Christine Farquharson](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Christine-Farquharson.jpg)
![Simon Field](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Simon-Field.jpg)
![Emla Fitzsimons](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Emla-Fitzsimons.jpg)
![Markus Gangl](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Markus-Gangl-300x300.jpg)
![Jane Gingrich](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Jane-Gingrich.jpg)
![Giulia Giupponi](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Giulia-Giupponi.jpg)
![Claudia Goldin](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Claudia-Goldin.jpg)
![Alissa Goodman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alissa-Goodman.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Janet-Gornick.jpg)
![Francis Green](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Francis-Green.jpg)
![Rachel Griffith](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rachel-Griffith.jpg)
![Dominik Hangartner](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/dominik-hangartner.jpg)
![James Heckman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jim-Heckman-300x300.jpg)
![Rachel Hesketh](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Rachel-Hesketh.jpg)
![Kirstie Hewlett](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kirstie-Hewlett.jpg)
![David Howell](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/David-Howell_.jpg)
![Hilary Hoynes](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hilary-Hoynes.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Stephen-Jenkins-1.jpg)
![Damon Jones](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Damon-Jones-300x300.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Arne-Kalleberg-1.jpg)
![Heidi Karjalainen](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Heidi_Karjalainen-300x300.jpg)
![Yannis Kastis](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Yannis-Kastis-300x300.jpg)
![Sari Kerr](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sari-Kerr.png)
![Wojciech Kopczuk](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wojciech-Kopczuk.jpg)
![Lucy Kraftman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lucy-Kraftman.jpg)
![Sonya Krutikova](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sonya_Krutikova-300x300.jpg)
![Camille Landais](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/camille-landais.jpg)
![Peter Levell](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Peter-Levell.jpg)
![Margaret Levi](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Margaret-Levi-.jpg)
![Steve Machin](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Steve-Machin.jpg)
![Lindsey Macmillan](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lindsey-macmillan-300x300.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/David-Manley-1.jpg)
![Alan Manning](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Alan-Manning.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/colin-mayer-1.jpg)
![Mariana Mazzucato](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mariana-Mazzucato.jpg)
![Philip McCann](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Philip-McCann-300x300.jpg)
![Eamon McCrory](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Eamon-McCrory.jpg)
![Professor Sandra McNally](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Professor-Sandra-McNally.jpg)
![Andrew McNeil](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Andrew-McNeil.jpg)
![Helen Miller](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Helen-Miller.jpg)
![Heida Mirza](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Heidi_Mirza.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Robert-Moffitt-1.jpg)
![Enrico Moretti](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/250-by-250-bw.jpg)
![Alita Nandi](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Alita-Nandi.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/James-Nazroo-1.jpg)
![Tim Obermeier](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tim-Obermeier-2.jpg)
![Kate Ogden](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kate-Ogden-300x300.jpg)
![Claudia Olivetti](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Claudia-Olivetti.jpg)
![Henry Overman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Henry_Overman.jpg)
![Ruth Patrick](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ruth-Patrick.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Barbara-Petrongolo-1.jpg)
![David Phillips](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/David-Phillips.jpg)
![Angus Phimister](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Angus-Phimister.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Pistaferri.jpg)
![George Ploubidis](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/George-Ploubidis.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Eric-Posner-1.jpg)
![Ian Preston](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ian-preston.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Carol-Propper-1.jpg)
![Imran-Rasul](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/imran-rasul.jpg)
![Diane Reay](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Diane-Reay.jpg)
![Pascale Restrepo](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Pascual-Restrepo-1-300x300.jpg)
![Dani Rodik](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dani-Rodrik.jpg)
![Emmanuel Saez](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Emmanuel-Saez.jpg)
![Cezsar Santos](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Cezar-Santos.jpg)
![Walter Scheidel](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Walter-Scheidel.jpg)
![Eldar Sharif](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Eldar-Sharif.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Luke-Sibieta-Profile.png)
![Kate Smith](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kate-Smith.jpg)
![Erik-Øiolf-Sørensen](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Erik-Øiolf-Sørensen.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/David-Soskice-300x300.jpg)
![Judith Spirig](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Judith-Spirig.jpg)
![Stepanie-Stantcheva](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Stefanie-Stantcheva.jpg)
![Andrew Steptoe](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Andrew-Steptoe.jpg)
![](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/George-Stoye-Profile.png)
![David Sturrock](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/David-Sturrock-300x300.jpg)
![Robert Sugden](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Robert-Sugden-300x300.jpg)
![Andy Summers](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Andy-Summers.jpg)
![Simon Szreter](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/simon-szreter.jpg)
![Imran Tahir](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Imran-Tahir.jpg)
![Tiit Tammaru](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Tiit-Tammaru.jpg)
![Michele Tertilt](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Michele-Tertilt.jpg)
![Nicholas Timmins](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nicholas-Timmins.jpg)
![Bertil Tungoddden](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bertil-Tungodden-.jpg)
![Maarten Van Ham](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Maarten-vanHam.jpg)
![Phillipe Van Parijs](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Phillipe-VanParijs.jpg)
![John Van Reenen](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/John-Van-Reenen.jpg)
![Frank van Tubergen](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Frank-van-Tubergen.jpg)
![Essi Viding](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Essi-Viding.jpg)
![Sophie Von Stumm](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sophie-vonStumm.jpg)
![Ross Warwick](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ross-Warwick.jpg)
![Tom Waters](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tom-Waters.jpg)
![Tom Wernham](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Tom-Wernham.jpg)
![Jasmin Wertz](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Jasmin-Wertz.jpg)
![Stuart White](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Stuart-White.jpg)
![Xiaowei_Xu](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Xiaowei_Xu.jpg)
![Owen Zidar](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Owen-Zidar.jpg)
![Fabrizio Zillibotti](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fabrizio-Zilibotti.jpg)
![Carolina Zuccotti](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Carolina-Zuccotti.jpg)
![Gabriel Zucman](https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Gabriel-Zucman.jpg)