Jonathan is Deputy Director at IFS. He has expertise in a wide range of topics in UK public policy. Much of his work focuses on pensions, savings, economic activity at older ages, and the challenges caused by demographic change. He has also written extensively on public sector pay, housing, and inequalities. He is a co-Principal Investigator of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and was from 2023-2025 co-Director of the IFS Pensions Review. He led the Deaton Review Country Studies project, which examined labour market and income inequalities in 17 European and North American countries.
Education
PhD Economics, University College London, 2020
MRes (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2014
MPhil (Distinction) Economics, University of Cambridge, 2011
BA (1st Class) Economics, University of Cambridge, 2010
