Xiaowei Xu

Senior Research Economist

Xiaowei joined the IFS in 2018 and works in the Income, Work and Welfare sector. Her research focuses on inequalities in labour market outcomes and health. Before joining the IFS, she worked at McKinsey, the Gates Foundation and in economic consulting.

Education

MPhil Economics, University of Oxford, 2014

BA (1st Class) Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, 2011

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    How can policy boost productivity growth?

    Conference 25 March 2025 at 09:30 Westminster

    At this policy conference, four panels of experts gave their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.

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    Inequality in the UK: 1968-2021

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    How have employment and earnings changed in the UK over the last 50 years? What has the effect been on average incomes and income inequality?

    29 November 2023

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    The changing geography of jobs

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    This report examines the way in which ‘hollowing out’ and other labour market trends have shaped the economic geography of the UK.

    13 November 2023

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    Poverty

    Report
    We investigate recent trends in poverty, and government policies aimed at alleviating it.

    13 July 2023

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    Living standards and inequality

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    We examine recent trends in households’ living standards, with a particular focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–21 and 2021–22.

    7 July 2023