 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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Alice is a senior research economist in the Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policies. Prior to joining the IFS in 2003 she was Assistant Professor in Toulouse University from 1999 to 2003. Her research interests in development economics are focused on migration, self-employment and liquidity constraints, civil war and infectious diseases. She is involved in the evaluation of the program 'Familias en Accion' in Colombia and is currently working on the determinants and consequences on development of migration in Colombia, child labour and intra-household time uses allocation and consumption of poor households. She also works with the Education, Employment and Evaluation Sector on the sources of ethnic inequalities in child development in the UK and on ethnic parity in the Jobcentre Plus programmes. 
All available publications
Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, Alice Mesnard, Jonathan Shaw and Barbara Sianesi, January 2009,
Ethnic parity in labour market outcomes for benefit claimants,
IFS Working Papers
, W09/04
Emla Fitzsimons and Alice Mesnard, November 2008,
Are boys and girls affected differently when the household head leaves for good? Evidence from school and work choices in Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W08/11
Alice Mesnard and Paul Seabright, June 2008,
Migration and the equilibrium prevalence of infectious diseases,
External publications
, CEPR
Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, Alice Mesnard, Jonathan Shaw, Barbara Sianesi and Peter Urwin, May 2008,
Ethnic parity in Jobcentre Plus programmes and mainstream services: main report,
Mimeos
Orazio Attanasio and Alice Mesnard, December 2006,
The impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on consumption in Colombia ,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2006,
Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 421-442,
Journal Articles
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Martha Isabel Gutiérrez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, July 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/13
Now published:
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Martha Isabel Gutiérrez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, January 2010,
Children's schooling and work in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
Economic Development and Cultural Change,
Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 181-210, Journal Articles
, University of Chicago Press
Previous versions:
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Diana Lopez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, January 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/01
Orazio Attanasio, Erich Battistin, Emla Fitzsimons, Costas Meghir, Alice Mesnard, Marcos Vera-Hernandez, et al., March 2006,
Evaluación del impacto del programa Familias en Acción - subsidos condicionados de la red de apoyo social: Informe del primer seguimento,
External publications
, Econometria/SEI
Lorraine Dearden, Alice Mesnard and Jonathan Shaw, March 2006,
Ethnic differences in birth outcomes in England,
IFS Press Releases
Lorraine Dearden, Alice Mesnard and Jonathan Shaw, March 2006,
Ethnic differences in birth outcomes in England,
Fiscal Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 2006,
Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 17-46,
Blackwell Publishing,
Journal Articles
Press release:
Lorraine Dearden, Alice Mesnard and Jonathan Shaw, March 2006,
Ethnic differences in birth outcomes in England,
IFS Press Releases
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Diana Lopez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, January 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/01
New version:
Orazio Attanasio, Emla Fitzsimons, Ana Gomez, Martha Isabel Gutiérrez, Costas Meghir and Alice Mesnard, July 2006,
Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W06/13
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