Ben joined the IFS in 2019. He works on topics across public economics, the economics of education and applied econometrics. His main research areas are tax and social protection in developing countries, higher education, and dynamic discrete choice models. He is the Senior Technical Adviser leading the Ethiopia country programme at the Centre for Tax Analysis in Developing Countries (TaxDev).
Education
DPhil Economics, University of Oxford, 2021
MPhil Economics, University of Oxford, 2016
BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics (First Class), University of Oxford, 2013
