 Facts and figures about UK taxes, benefits and public spending.
Income distribution, poverty and inequality.
Analysing government fiscal forecasts and tax and spending.
Analysis of the fiscal choices an independent Scotland would face.
Case studies that give a flavour of the areas where IFS research has an impact on society.
Reforming the tax system for the 21st century.
A peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing articles by academics and practitioners.
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Helen is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Senior Research Fellow at CMPO, Bristol. Her research interests include, productivity and foreign direct investment, and the location decisions of firms. Her work also covers tax incentives for research and development, and tax policy for small firms. 
All available publications
Claire Crawford, Wenchao (Michelle) Jin and Helen Simpson, March 2013,
Firms' productivity, investment and training, what happened during the recession and how was it affected by the national minimum wage?,
IFS Reports
, R76 , Institute for Fiscal Studies
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson, January 2011,
Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain,
Journal of Economic Geography,
Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 949-977,
Oxford Univesity Press,
Journal Articles
Laura Abramovsky, Erich Battistin, Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman and Helen Simpson, January 2011,
Providing employers with incentives to train low-skilled workers: evidence from the U.K. employer training pilots,
Journal of Labour Economics,
Vol. 29 (1),
Journal Articles
Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, June 2010,
Product market reform and innovation in the EU,
Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
Vol. 112, No. 2, pp. 389-415,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, September 2006,
Product market reform and innovation in the EU,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/17
Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, September 2006,
Product market reform and innovation in the EU,
External publications
, Centre for Economic Policy Research
Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, June 2006,
The link between product market reform, innovation and EU macroeconomic performance,
External publications
, European Commission
Alan Auerbach, Michael P Devereux and Helen Simpson, April 2010,
Taxing corporate income,
in Dimensions of Tax Design: the Mirrlees Review, J. Mirrlees, S. Adam, T. Besley, R. Blundell, S. Bond, R. Chote, M. Gammie, P. Johnson, G. Myles and J. Poterba (eds) Oxford University Press,
Book Chapters
Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding and Helen Simpson, October 2009,
Technological catch-up and geographic proximity,
Journal of Regional Science,
Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 689-720,
Wiley Blackwell,
Journal Articles
Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding and Helen Simpson, October 2009,
Technological catch-up and geographical proximity,
Journal of Regional Science,
Vol. 49, No. 4, pp.689-720,
Journal Articles
Laura Abramovsky, Elisabeth Kremp, Alberto López, Tobias Schmidt and Helen Simpson, March 2009,
Understanding co-operative R&D activity: evidence from four European countries,
Economics of Innovation and New Technology,
vol.18(3), p243-265,
Routledge,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Laura Abramovsky, Elisabeth Kremp, Alberto López, Tobias Schmidt and Helen Simpson, October 2005,
Understanding co-operative R&D activity: evidence from four European countries,
IFS Working Papers
, W05/23
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson, January 2009,
Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain,
IFS Working Papers
, W09/03
Laura Abramovsky and Helen Simpson, December 2008,
Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: evidence from Great Britain,
External publications
, CMPO
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