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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Laura works in the consumption and saving research sector. She joined IFS in 1994. Her research interests include the analysis of households' consumption behaviour and welfare, and environmental economics.
All available publications
Laura Blow, Alissa Goodman, Greg Kaplan, Ian Walker and Frank Windmeijer, August 2005,
How important is income in determining children's outcomes? A methodology review of econometric approaches,
Mimeos
Laura Blow, Andrew Leicester and Frank Windmeijer, May 2005,
Parental income and children's smoking behaviour: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey,
IFS Working Papers
, W05/10
Laura Blow, Martin Browning and Ian Crawford, December 2004,
Nonparametric methods for the characteristic model,
cemmap Working Papers
, CWP18/04
Laura Blow, Andrew Leicester and Zoë Oldfield, February 2004,
Consumption trends in the UK, 1975-99,
IFS Reports
, R65
, 978-1-903274-31-6
Laura Blow, Andrew Leicester and Zoë Oldfield, February 2003,
London's congestion charge,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN31
Laura Blow and Ian Preston, July 2002,
Deadweight loss and taxation of earned income: evidence from tax records of the UK self-employed,
IFS Working Papers
, W02/15
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