Room 1.6, 2 Priory Road, Telephone: 0117 33 10798
E-mail: sarah.smith@bristol.ac.uk
EFIM30005 Applied Economics Project
ECONM1019 Applied Public Policy Analysis
Office hours: Monday 2-3, Thursday 10-11
Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Director, Capacity-building cluster on the economic impact of the third sector
Empirical analysis of public policy, including pro-social behaviour, retirement and pensions.
Rational inattention to subsidies for charitable contributions (2010) CEPR Discussion Paper 7760 with Kimberley Scharf
How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services, Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming, with Paul Gregg, Paul Grout, Anita Ratcliffe and Frank Windmeijer
Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK, Journal of Population Economics, forthcoming, with Mike Brewer and Anita Ratcliffe
Lone parents and welfare reform in the UK, Economic Journal (2009) with Paul Gregg and Susan Harkness
The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle and Involuntary Early Retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey, Economic Journal (2006)
The new state of donation: Three decades of household donations to charity, 1978-2008, with Edd Cowley, Tom McKenzie and Cathy Pharoah
Gift Aid donor research: Options for reforming higher-rate relief (2009) HM Treasury Report, with Kimberley Scharf,
The Baby-Boomers at 50: Employment Prospects for Older Workers (2011) in The Labour Market in Winter. OUP (2011) with Richard Disney and Anita Ratcliffe
Women and childbearing - a growing divide? in Coase, E. and Stillwell, J. (eds) Understanding Population Trends and Processes Palgrave Macmillan (2009) with Anita Ratcliffe
The Economics of Social Problems, Palgrave Macmillan (2008) with Carol Propper and Julian Le Grand
Lotteries as a source of revenue in Viren, M. (ed) Gaming in the new market environment, Palgrave Macmillan (2008)