Professor Dame Rachel Griffith

CPP Co-Director, IFS Research Director

Rachel is Research Director of the IFS and Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP). She is Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester, a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association and a Research Fellow of CEPR. Rachel won the Birgit Grodal award in 2014, was awarded a CBE in for services to economic policy in 2015 and was made a Dame for services to economic policy and education in 2021. Her research considers the relationship between government policy and economic performance. Her specific interests relate to empirical industrial organisation, the retail food sector, nutrition, innovation, productivity and corporate tax.

Education

PhD Economics, Keele University, 1999

MSc Econometrics and Forecasting, City of London Polytechnic, 1991

BA (Magna cum Laude) Economics, University of Massachussets , 1985

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https://www.rachelgriffith.org/
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0000-0002-8616-5820

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Do prices and attributes explain international differences in food purchases?

Journal article

Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household level data from the US, France and the UK to (i) document these differences; (ii) estimate a demand system for food and nutrients, and (iii) simulate counterfactual choices if households faced prices and nutritional characteristics from other countries.

1 March 2014

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Understanding changes in British diet

Presentation

This presentation was given at the 'Understanding British Diet' event which took place as part of the ESRC festival of Social Science 2013

4 November 2013

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Gluttony in England? Long-term change in diet

Report

There has been a marked increase in body weight across much of the developed world. This has taken place, even though data suggest that there has not been an increase in calories consumed. This leads to a puzzle. If calories are declining, why are people gaining weight?

4 November 2013

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Reforms to alcohol taxes would be more effective than minimum unit pricing

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Last week the Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs that he was determined to “deal with” the “problem of deeply discounted alcohol in supermarkets and other stores” and said that the Government was considering the results of a consultation into a proposed minimum unit price for alcohol. In this observation, IFS researchers consider the merits of such a policy and argue that taxing alcoholic drinks on the basis of their alcohol content, with higher tax rates on stronger than weaker drinks, would be more effective at targeting those drinking above recommended levels than would a minimum alcohol price.

18 March 2013