Elaine joined the IFS in 2020 and works in the Education and Skills sector. Her research focuses on inequalities in education and labour market outcomes and their relationship with early life conditions. She is also interested in the spatial dimension of inequalities and their local determinants, including access to housing, education and jobs. Ongoing work includes analysing trends in education spending in England, studying the impact of school choice systems on neighbourhood and school segregation and examining the determinants of housing supply elasticities.
Education
MSc (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2018
BSc (1st Class Honours) Economics, University College London, 2017
The closures of childcare providers to most families during the COVID-19 crisis have underlined the importance of access to childcare, both to support paid work and to help shape young children’s environment.
Tuition fees from international students account for nearly a fifth of total income of the higher education sector. A big drop in international students would imperil university finances.
