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Fiscal sustainability of an independent Scotland

Michael Amior
Rowena Crawford
Gemma Tetlow

Published on 18 November 2013

This paper was given at the IFS event 'The fiscal implications of an independent Scotland' on 18 November 2013

This paper was given at the IFS event 'The fiscal implications of an independent Scotland' on 18 November 2013

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Gemma Tetlow

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Rowena Crawford

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Michael is a PhD student at University College London. His research interests are education, inequality and labour market geography. He is currently working on labour mobility and housing.