The prestigious National Academy of Sciences in the US has elected IFS's Richard Blundell as one of only six European 'foreign member associates'. He is the only economist foreign member associate this year, and there is only one other in the UK in total. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Richard is director of the ESRC Centre for Public Policy at IFS.
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CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
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