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The IFS organised our annual Public Economics Lectures Day on the 10th January 2020. The lectures are given by IFS researchers who are experts in different fields of public economics and on different areas of government policy. They are designed to be of particular interest to undergraduates and masters students in economics and related disciplines. Each of the lectures explores economic issues underlying an area of government policy, applying the tools of economics to give better understanding of the issue, and exploring recent economic research in this area.
Taxes, benefits, and labour supply
Health, social insurance and the role of the state
The economics of higher education
The economics of early childhood development
Designing taxes to discourage harmful behaviour
Indirect taxation
The ageing population and pensions: will we cope?
Authors
![Tom Waters](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Tom_Waters.jpg?itok=ZegjOaxl)
Associate Director
Tom is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Income, Work and Welfare sector.
![David Sturrock](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-10/David_Sturrock_2%20-%20Copy.jpg?itok=P-GeTjhs)
Senior Research Economist
David’s research covers household wealth, intergenerational transfers, social mobility, pensions taxation, and health and work at older ages.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Agnes Norris Keiller
![Ross Warwick](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/Ross_Warwick.jpg?itok=xAuUlF-5)
International Research Associate
Ross joined the IFS in 2016 and works in a couple of areas of IFS research.
![Ben Zaranko](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-10/Ben_Zaranko_1%20-%20Copy.jpg?itok=6MD7TUeX)
Senior Research Economist
Ben is a Senior Research Economist and an editor of the IFS Green Budget. His work focuses on the health and social care system and UK fiscal policy.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Rebekah Stroud
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Lucy Kraftman
![Ben Waltmann](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-11/Ben%20Waltmann%20Website%20.jpg?itok=-GgIfIwR)
Senior Research Economist
Ben's main research areas are tax and social protection in developing countries, higher education, and dynamic discrete choice models.
Presentation details
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Kraftman, L et al. (2020). 'Public Economics Lecture Day' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/public-economics-lecture-day (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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