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James is deputy research director at IFS. He joined the Institute in 1990 having studied at Bristol University and the London School of Economics. He is also Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on empirical models of household spending behaviour and intertemporal consumption patterns; savings, retirement and household asset holding; equivalence scales and welfare measures.
All available publications
James Banks, Alastair Muriel and James Smith, December 2011,
Attrition and health in ageing studies: evidence from ELSA and HRS. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies,
Journal Articles
F. Mazzona and James Banks, November 2011,
Asion Discontinuity design,
IFS Working Paper,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Carl Emmerson and Gemma Tetlow, October 2011,
Pension wealth derived variables user guide (wave 1),
User Guides
James Banks, Meena Kumari, James Smith and Paola Zaninotto, October 2011,
What explains the American disadvantage in health compared with the English? the case of diabetes,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, July 2011,
Disability, health and retirement in the United Kingdom,
IFS Working Papers
, W11/12
James Banks, Rowena Crawford, Thomas F Crossley and Carl Emmerson, July 2011,
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England,
Presentations
A. Shankar, Anne McMunn, James Banks and Andrew Steptoe, July 2011,
Loneliness, social isolation and behavioral and biological health indicators in older adults.,
Health Psychology,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Zoë Oldfield and James Smith, May 2011,
Investigations in economics of aging: Childhood health and differences in late-life outcomes between England and the United States.,
, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge,
Journal Articles
James Banks and Fabrizio Mazzonna, March 2011,
The effect of childhood education on old age cognitive abilities: evidence from a Regression Discontinuity design,
IFS Working Papers
, W11/04
James Banks, Cormac O'Dea and Zoë Oldfield, November 2010,
Cognitive function, numeracy and retirement saving trajectories,
Presentations
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