 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 is a Senior Research Economist, currently working in the Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policy (EDePo@IFS). Her research focuses on programme evaluation and the analysis of how the tax and social security systems affects the distribution of income and the behaviour of individuals in developing countries. Laura has also worked on firms’ behaviour, with specific focus on productivity and innovation issues in the UK and Europe. Recent projects include analysis of the distributional and behavioural impacts of tax reforms in Mexico and El Salvador for the World Bank; and the evaluation of a programme to alleviate extreme poverty in Colombia. 
All available publications
Laura Abramovsky, Rachel Griffith, Gareth Macartney and Helen Miller, November 2008,
The location of innovative activity in Europe,
IFS Working Papers
, W08/10
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, April 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
Economic Journal,
Vol. 117, No. 519, pp. C114-C141,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, January 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/02
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, April 2007,
Analysis of firm structures and outsourcing in Great Britain,
External publications
, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, January 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/02
Now published:
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, April 2007,
University research and the location of business R&D,
Economic Journal,
Vol. 117, No. 519, pp. C114-C141, Journal Articles
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, May 2006,
Outsourcing and offshoring of business services: the role of ICT,
Journal of the European Economic Association,
Vol. 4, No. 2-3, pp. 594-601,
European Economic Association,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Laura Abramovsky and Rachel Griffith, October 2005,
Outsourcing and offshoring of business services: how important is ICT?,
IFS Working Papers
, W05/22
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, April 2006,
Foreign firms choose to locate R&D labs near top British universities,
IFS Press Releases
Laura Abramovsky, Rupert Harrison and Helen Simpson, April 2006,
Top science departments lure most commercial labs, study finds,
Guardian,
Guardian Newspapers,
Newspaper Articles
Laura Abramovsky, March 2006,
Lots of initiatives, but still a productivity gap,
The Edge,
ESRC,
Newspaper Articles
Laura Abramovsky, Erich Battistin, Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman and Helen Simpson, December 2005,
The impact of the Employer Training Pilots on the take-up of training among employers and employees,
External publications
, Department for Education and Skills
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