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David Phillips
Senior research economist
Education
MSc (Distinction) Economics, UCL, 2007 - 2009
BA (Hons) Economics (I), Cambridge University, 2006

David is a Senior Research Economist, currently working in the Direct Tax and Welfare sector and the Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policy (EDePo@IFS). Most of David's work is arranged around the broad themes of poverty, inequality and the tax and benefit system and includes projects both in the UK and in middle income countries.

Recent projects include analysis of the distributional and behavioural impacts of tax reforms in Mexico and El Salvador for the World Bank; an evaluation of the EU VAT system; and validating official UK income and poverty statistics.He is also working with Magali Beffy, Guy Laroque and Costas Meghir on models of famil labour supply, a piece of work that has grown out of his work for the Mirrlees Review.

More recent research interests include local government spending and the analysis of fiscal issues in the devolved nations of the UK. He also has experience analysing social capital, human capital and consumer demand.

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Stuart Adam and David Phillips, May 2013,  EU VAT reform could go much further External publications , International Tax Review
Robert Joyce and David Phillips, February 2013,  Green Budget 2013: Tax and welfare reforms planned for 2013-14 Institute for Fiscal Studies, Book Chapters
David Phillips, December 2012,  Taxes and labour supply Presentations
Paul Johnson and David Phillips, November 2012,  Scottish independence: the fiscal context IFS Briefing Notes , BN135
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