Taxes and benefits

This presentation was delivered in Stockholm on 13 June 2013 at a conference on international taxation entitled 'Protecting the tax base' organised by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

This presentation was delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Labor Economists in Boston, USA on 4th May 2013

Employment rates through the recession have been remarkably robust, with today’s ONS figures showing employment remaining close to 30 million. The young have experienced historically low employment rates and high unemployment rates but the employment rate of women aged 60 to 64 has increased as fast since 2010 as it did during the 2000s. An important explanation is the gradual increase in the state pension age for women since 2010, which has led to more older women being in paid work. Without this policy change, the employment rate for 60 to 64 year women would have been broadly flat since 2010.

This paper was presented at the Royal Economic Society Conference in Royal Holloway on 4th April 2013

Presentation given at the IFS post budget briefing, 21 March, 2013.

This article written by the ERC describes the nature and impact of the research project 'Microeconomic Analysis of Prices, Food and Nutrition (MAPFAN)'

Presentation given at the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, 12 March 2013

Last week the Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs that he was determined to “deal with” the “problem of deeply discounted alcohol in supermarkets and other stores” and said that the Government was considering the results of a consultation into a proposed minimum unit price for alcohol. In this observation, IFS researchers consider the merits of such a policy and argue that taxing alcoholic drinks on the basis of their alcohol content, with higher tax rates on stronger than weaker drinks, would be more effective at targeting those drinking above recommended levels than would a minimum alcohol price.