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James is deputy research director at IFS. He joined the Institute in 1990 having studied at Bristol University and the London School of Economics. He is also Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on empirical models of household spending behaviour and intertemporal consumption patterns; savings, retirement and household asset holding; equivalence scales and welfare measures. 
All available publications
James Banks and Peter Diamond, April 2010,
The base for direct taxation,
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
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, March 2010,
Releasing jobs for the young? Early retirement and youth unemployment in the United Kingdom,
IFS Working Papers
, W10/02
New version:
James Banks, Richard Blundell, Antoine Bozio and Carl Emmerson, April 2010,
Releasing jobs for the young? Early retirement and youth unemployment in the United Kingdom,
Book Chapters
, University of Chicago Press
Jerome Adda, James Banks and Hans Martin von Gaudecker, December 2009,
The impact of income shocks on health: evidence from cohort data,
Journal of the European Economic Association,
Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 1361-1399,
MIT Press,
Journal Articles
Previous versions:
Jerome Adda, James Banks and Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, January 2007,
The impact of income shocks on health: evidence from cohort data,
IFS Working Papers
, W07/05
James Banks, Michael Marmot, Zoë Oldfield and James Smith, June 2009,
The SES health gradient on both sides of the Atlantic.,
IFS Working Paper,
Journal Articles
James Banks and Gemma Tetlow, June 2009,
The distribution of wealth in the population aged 50 and over in England.,
IFS Briefing Notes
James Banks and Gemma Tetlow, June 2009,
The distribution of wealth in the population aged 50 and over in England,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN86
Mauricio Avendano, Maria Glymour, James Banks and Johan Mackenbach, March 2009,
Health disadvantage in US adults aged 50 to 74 years: a comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of Europeans,
American Journal of Public Health,
Vol. 99, No. 3, pp. 540-548,
American Public Health Association,
Journal Articles
James Banks, Michael Marmot, Zoë Oldfield and James Smith, March 2009,
The SES health gradient on both sides of the Atlantic,
in Developments in the Economics of Aging, David Wise (ed.) University of Chicago Press,
Book Chapters
James Banks, Gillian Paull, Zoë Oldfield and James Smith, March 2009,
The SES health gradient on both sides of the Atlantic, in Developments in the economics of aging. ,
The University of Chicago Press, USA,
Journal Articles
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