IFS Senior Research Economist Kate Smith gives evidence at Health Committee and the Home Affairs Committee

Published on 22 January 2018

IFS Senior Research Economist Kate Smith gives evidence at the Health Select Committeeand the Home Affairs Committee a which are holding a one-off oral evidence session to assess the case for introducing a minimum unit price (MUP) on alcohol in England in the light of developments since the Health C...

IFS Senior Research Economist Kate Smith gives evidence at the Health Select Committee and the Home Affairs Committee a which are holding a one-off oral evidence session to assess the case for introducing a minimum unit price (MUP) on alcohol in England in the light of developments since the Health Committee’s report in 2012 on the Government’s Alcohol Strategy. With evidence from charities, academics, professional bodies, industry, government agencies and ministers, the session will cover a range of issues, including:

  • the potential impact a MUP could have on health, healthcare, the criminal justice system
  • any cross border implications posed by decisions of the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments.

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    Authors

    Kate Smith
    Kate Smith

    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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    IFS

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    Empirical evidence on the formation of habits, self-control and non-separabilities in food choices (FOODHABITS) Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), 2015-2020 Developing robust methods for evaluating policies in the markets for food and nutrition Regulating product characteristic space in food markets

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