Kate is an IFS Research Fellow and an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics. She previously worked at the IFS from 2011 to 2022, and was an Associate Director from 2020 to 2022. Her research interests are in public finance, industrial organisation and applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on tax policy.
Education
PhD Economics, University College London, 2022
MRes (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2016
MSc (Distinction) Economics, University College London, 2014
BA Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (First Class Honours), University of Oxford, 2011
In this briefing note, we document how the food purchases of households in the UK have changed over the recent period of recession and food price rises.
Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have found some similarities as well as some stark differences between the response of households to the current recession and the previous two.
