These are the key headlines from two new pieces of research published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and due to be presented today as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.
Authors
![Melanie Luhrmann](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-05/Melanie_Luhrmann.jpg?itok=_q1cDu8c)
Research Fellow Royal Holloway, University of London
Melanie joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2006 as a Research Fellow and she is a Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London.
![Martin O'Connell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Martin%20O%27Connell.jpg?itok=MwAa7oSf)
Research Fellow University of Wisconsin
Martin, previously Deputy Research Director, is a Research Fellow at IFS and Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin.
![Kate Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-10/Kate%20Smith_0.jpg?itok=XI8T5gQH)
Research Fellow London School of Economics
Kate is an IFS Research Fellow and an Assistant Professor at LSE, interested in public finance, industrial organisation and applied microeconomics.
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