Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review launch

The Institute for Fiscal Studies is launching a major new 5 year study of inequalities in the UK, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Angus Deaton.

Concerns about inequality and its effects lie at the heart of our political discourse. Aiming to understand inequality not just of income, but of health, wealth and opportunity too, this five-year study will be the most ambitious of its kind yet attempted. Working with some of the world’s leading social scientists, our aim is not just to understand what drives inequality but what can and should be done about it.

At the launch event, there will be introductions by Paul Johnson and Sir Richard Blundell (IFS), and then Sir Angus Deaton will speak on why tackling inequality is so essential to our future. Following that there will be a discussion involving members of the expert panel (Sir Tim Besley, LSE; Sir Angus Deaton, Princeton University; Penny Goldberg; Yale University and World Bank; Debra Satz, Stanford University; and Lucinda Platt, LSE). Finally, Tim Gardam, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation, will say why the Foundation is supporting the review.