 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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David is a Senior Research Economist, currently working in the Direct Tax and Welfare sector and the Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policy (EDePo@IFS). Most of David's work is arranged around the broad themes of poverty, inequality and the tax and benefit system and includes projects both in the UK and in middle income countries. Recent projects include analysis of the distributional and behavioural impacts of tax reforms in Mexico and El Salvador for the World Bank; an evaluation of the EU VAT system; and validating official UK income and poverty statistics.He is also working with Magali Beffy, Guy Laroque and Costas Meghir on models of famil labour supply, a piece of work that has grown out of his work for the Mirrlees Review. More recent research interests include local government spending and the analysis of fiscal issues in the devolved nations of the UK. He also has experience analysing social capital, human capital and consumer demand.
All available publications
Stuart Adam, David Phillips and Stephen Smith, December 2011,
A retrospective evaluation of the elements of the VAT system: full report,
External publications
, European Commission
Stuart Adam, David Phillips and Stephen Smith, December 2011,
A retrospective evaluation of the elements of the VAT system: executive summary,
External publications
, European Commission
Stuart Adam, David Phillips and Stephen Smith, December 2011,
A retrospective evaluation of the elements of the VAT system: formal answers to the evaluation questions,
External publications
, European Commission
Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, Robert Joyce, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, May 2011,
Long-term effects of recession on living standards yet to be felt,
IFS Press Releases
Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, Robert Joyce, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, May 2011,
Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2011,
IFS Reports
, C118
Press release:
Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, Robert Joyce, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, May 2011,
Long-term effects of recession on living standards yet to be felt,
IFS Press Releases
David Phillips, May 2011,
Poverty,
Presentations
Press release:
Wenchao (Michelle) Jin, Robert Joyce, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, May 2011,
Long-term effects of recession on living standards yet to be felt,
IFS Press Releases
Laura Abramovsky, Orazio Attanasio, Carl Emmerson and David Phillips, March 2011,
The distributional impact of reforms to direct and indirect tax in Mexico: analytical report and results,
External publications
, World Bank
James Browne, Peter Kenway and David Phillips, November 2010,
Poverty and the impact of tax and benefit changes in London,
Mimeos
Laura Abramovsky, Orazio Attanasio, Carl Emmerson, David Phillips and Hector J. Villarreal Paez, November 2010,
The distributional impact of reforms to direct and indirect tax in Mexico: methodological issues and approach,
External publications
, World Bank
Haroon Chowdry, David Phillips, Lorraine Dearden, Sokbae 'Simon' Lee, JA Swift and Steve Machin, October 2010,
A progressive graduate tax after all?,
Observations
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