 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, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, June 2008,
London and West Midlands suffer highest rates of poverty in the UK,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, June 2008,
Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2008,
IFS Reports
, C105
Press release:
Mike Brewer, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, June 2008,
London and West Midlands suffer highest rates of poverty in the UK,
IFS Press Releases
Mike Brewer, Alastair Muriel, David Phillips and Luke Sibieta, June 2008,
Poverty and inequality rise again as benefit payments lag inflation and incomes grow fastest for the rich,
IFS Press Releases
Kate Bell, Mike Brewer and David Phillips, October 2007,
Lone parents working under 16 hours a week ('mini-jobs'),
External publications
, Joseph Rowntree Foundatino
Kate Bell, Mike Brewer and David Phillips, October 2007,
Lone parents working under 16 hours a week ('mini-jobs'): executive summary,
External publications
, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
David Phillips, September 2007,
Taxation, tax credits and labour supply,
Economic Review,
Vol. 25, No. 1,
University of Southampton,
Journal Articles
Emla Fitzsimons, David Phillips and Marcos Vera-Hernandez, August 2007,
What would you do? An investigation of stated-response data,
IFS Working Papers
, EWP07/01
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