Helen is Deputy Director of the IFS and Head of the Tax sector.
Her main research interests are the effects of the tax system on individuals and firms behaviour and the design of tax policy. Her recent research also includes work on the drivers of firm investment and the UK productivity puzzle. She is Tolley's 2018 Tax Personality of the year. Helen joined the IFS in 2007.
Education
MSc (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2010
BSc (1st Class) Economics, University College London, 2007
As Chancellor George Osborne prepares for his keynote statement on fiscal policy and the economy the IFS Green Budget assesses some of the issues he will have to deal with.
The EU Commission has opined that the UK’s Patent Box policy breaches the code of conduct for business taxation. There are concerns over whether the design of the policy is open to abuse, or will provide differential treatment for economically similar companies.
HM Revenue and Customs has now published, for the first time, estimates of the revenue raised by HMRC taxes in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In this observation we examine what can be learned from these figures.
As Chancellor George Osborne prepares for his keynote statement on fiscal policy and the economy the IFS Green Budget assesses some of the issues he will have to deal with.
Multinational firms outsourcing or offshoring their operations to developing countries is a problem as old as globalisation. This column looks at the effect on high-skilled labour in the home country. It presents evidence that, on average, when firms start employing high-skilled workers offshore, they also increase the number of this type of worker employed at home.
Event
1 February 2012 at 10:00University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
The IFS Green Budget 2012 will analyse the issues and challenges facing Chancellor George Osborne as he prepares for the coalition Government's spring Budget.
