Ben Zaranko
Research Economist
Education
BA Economics and Management (1st class), University of Oxford, 2016
Ben joined the IFS in 2017 as a Research Economist in the Pensions and Public Finance Sector. His current work includes analysis of public spending and research into the relationship between social care receipt and hospital use. Before joining IFS, Ben worked in the private sector as an actuarial consultant to defined benefit pension funds.
Academic outputs
IFS Working Paper W18/15
Recent years have seen substantial reductions in public spending on social care for older people in England. This has not only led to large falls in the number of people over the age of 65 receiving publicly funded social care, but also to growing concern about the potential knock-on effects on ...
Reports and comment
Observation
Much has been made of the Government’s promise to ‘level up’ across the UK.
Observation
Below we outline an initial response from IFS researchers on the Labour manifesto. We take policy areas by turn but this is not a full assessment.
Presentations
Presentation
This presentation was delivered as part of the IFS press briefing following the Spring Budget 2020.
Presentation
This presentation was given by Ben Zaranko as part of the "A look ahead to the March 2020 Budget" preview briefing.