Sam joined the IFS in 2022 and works as a research economist in the Income, Work and Welfare sector. His current research areas include young people’s labour market outcomes in light of the COVID pandemic as well as the UK benefits system.
Education
MPhil (Distinction) Economics, University of Cambridge, 2022
BA (1st Class) Economics, University of Cambridge, 2021
In the years since the pandemic, there has been a large and sustained rise in the number of adults being newly awarded working-age disability benefits each month.