 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
Mike Brewer, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, April 2010,
What has happened to 'Severe Poverty' under Labour?,
IFS Briefing Notes
, BN90
Press release:
Mike Brewer, James Browne, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, April 2010,
Labour's tax and benefit increases prevent rapid rise in income inequality ,
IFS Press Releases
David Phillips, April 2010,
The impact of food price rises on poor Mexican households,
Economic Review,
Vol. 27, No. 4,
Philip Allan,
Journal Articles
Costas Meghir and David Phillips, April 2010,
Labour supply and taxes,
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
Mike Brewer, Robert Chote and David Phillips, March 2010,
Conservatives plan to cut public spending to cut National Insurance,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, Carl Emmerson and David Phillips, March 2010,
The Conservative party's council tax freeze,
Observations
Thomas F Crossley, David Phillips and Peter Levell, February 2010,
Fiscal Stimulus and the Consumer,
Book Chapters
David Phillips, October 2009,
Taxes and labour supply: theory, evidence and policy,
Public Economics Lectures
Mike Brewer, Alissa Goodman, Robert Joyce, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, October 2009,
Have the poor got poorer under Labour?,
Observations
Orazio Attanasio, Luca Pellerano and David Phillips, October 2009,
Peace and goodwill? Using an experimental game to analyse the Desarrollo y Paz initiative in Colombia,
IFS Working Papers
, W09/20
Previous versions:
Orazio Attanasio, Luca Pellerano and David Phillips, September 2008,
Peace and goodwill? Using an experimental game to analyse Paz y Desarrollo,
IFS Working Papers
, EWP08/03
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