Journals

These papers revise current understanding of the consequences of child poverty and of the role of safety nets for protecting disadvantaged children.

We examine different channels through which poverty affects child outcomes, as well as the evidence regarding the magnitude of their impacts.

I review the impact of tax credits on child outcomes, focusing on what is known about child-oriented tax credits in the US, UK and Canada.

In this paper, we investigate the impact of new openings for civil service positions on sickness absences using data from Spain between 2009 and 2015.

This paper analyses trends in mortality inequality in 330 Chilean communes from 1990 to 2010 for different age groups and both genders.

Fiscal Studies: Volume 45, Issue 4

We test whether the vaccination process increased the marginal willingness to pay taxes (MWTP).

We consider recent trends in health and social care productivity and the scope for future improvements.

The UK state pension system faces significant challenges given the country’s ageing population, but it is crucial for retirement finances.

We show that remaining in work has significant positive causal effects on the average cognition and physical mobility of older women in England.

We present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the life cycle by race and human capital, using Social Security earnings. 

We study the impact of classroom rank on children’s learning using a unique experiment from Ecuador.

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the role of landfill taxes in reducing landfill waste and promoting recycling.

We present the extent of divergence in the literature on the stylised facts about income redistribution in rich countries.

We show that the survey correction method of Blanchet, Flores and Morgan (2022) can fail to correct its structure by components.

Using the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, we provide the first estimates of intra-occupation sectoral hourly remuneration differentials.

In this paper, we analyse the potential impact of policies aimed at fostering fiscal sustainability on citizens’ preferences.

We measure product market concentration and business dynamism in the UK from 1997 to 2020 and study the relationship with productivity.

Fiscal Studies: Volume 45, Issue 4

We develop a new methodology to estimate subjective beliefs from hypothetical choice data.