Current working papers
Wolves in sheep's clothing: Is non-profit status used to signal quality? (with Daniel Jones and Carol Propper)
Getting a healthy start? Nudge versus economic incentives (with Rachel Griffith and Stephanie Scholder)
Published papers
(2016) Do consumers gamble to convexify? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation (with Tom Crossley and Hamish Low)
(2016) Relational altruism and giving in social groups Journal of Public Economics (with Kimberley Scharf)
(2016) Can simple prompts increase bequest giving? Field evidence from a legal call centre Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation
(2015) Competitive helping in online giving Current Biology (with Nichola Raihani)
(2015) Booms, busts and retirement timing Economica (with Richard Disney and Anita Ratcliffe)
(2015) The price elasticity of charitable giving: Does the form of tax relief matter International Tax and Public Finance (with Kimberley Scharf)
(2015) Peer effects in charitable giving: Evidence from the (running) field Economic Journal (with Frank Windmeijer and Edmund Wright)
(2014) Herding Cats? Management and performance in UK universities Economic Journal (with John McCormack and Carol Propper)
(2014) Do grants to charities crowd out other income? Evidence from the UK Journal of Public Economics (with Jim Andreoni and Abigail Payne)
(2014) Mission and motivation in the public sector: Evidence from the World Values Survey Theory and Decision (with Ed Cowley)
(2012) An integrated approach for evaluating the effectiveness of landslide risk reduction in unplanned communities Natural Hazards
(2011) Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK Journal of Population Economics (with Mike Brewer and Anita Ratcliffe)
(2011) What determines the return to education: An extra year or a hurdle cleared? Economics of Education Review (with Matt Dickson)
(2011) How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services? Journal of Public Economics
(2009) Welfare reform and lone parents in the UK Economic Journal (with Paul Gregg and Susan Harkness)
(2006) Retirement in the UK Oxford Review of Economic Policy (with James Banks)
(2006) Persistency of pension contributions: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
(2006) The retirement-consumption puzzle and involuntary early retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey Economic Journal
(2002) Asset holding and consumption volatility Journal of Political Economy (with Orazio Attanasio and James Banks)
(2002) The labour supply effects of the abolition of the earnings rule Economic Journal (with Richard Disney)
(2002) Retirement incentives and labour supply in the UK Economic Journal (with Richard Blundell and Costas Meghir)
(1999) Is there a retirement savings puzzle? American Economic Review (with James Banks and Richard Blundell)
Wolves in sheep's clothing: Is non-profit status used to signal quality? (with Daniel Jones and Carol Propper)
Getting a healthy start? Nudge versus economic incentives (with Rachel Griffith and Stephanie Scholder)
Published papers
(2016) Do consumers gamble to convexify? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation (with Tom Crossley and Hamish Low)
(2016) Relational altruism and giving in social groups Journal of Public Economics (with Kimberley Scharf)
(2016) Can simple prompts increase bequest giving? Field evidence from a legal call centre Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation
(2015) Competitive helping in online giving Current Biology (with Nichola Raihani)
(2015) Booms, busts and retirement timing Economica (with Richard Disney and Anita Ratcliffe)
(2015) The price elasticity of charitable giving: Does the form of tax relief matter International Tax and Public Finance (with Kimberley Scharf)
(2015) Peer effects in charitable giving: Evidence from the (running) field Economic Journal (with Frank Windmeijer and Edmund Wright)
(2014) Herding Cats? Management and performance in UK universities Economic Journal (with John McCormack and Carol Propper)
(2014) Do grants to charities crowd out other income? Evidence from the UK Journal of Public Economics (with Jim Andreoni and Abigail Payne)
(2014) Mission and motivation in the public sector: Evidence from the World Values Survey Theory and Decision (with Ed Cowley)
(2012) An integrated approach for evaluating the effectiveness of landslide risk reduction in unplanned communities Natural Hazards
(2011) Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK Journal of Population Economics (with Mike Brewer and Anita Ratcliffe)
(2011) What determines the return to education: An extra year or a hurdle cleared? Economics of Education Review (with Matt Dickson)
(2011) How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services? Journal of Public Economics
(2009) Welfare reform and lone parents in the UK Economic Journal (with Paul Gregg and Susan Harkness)
(2006) Retirement in the UK Oxford Review of Economic Policy (with James Banks)
(2006) Persistency of pension contributions: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
(2006) The retirement-consumption puzzle and involuntary early retirement: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey Economic Journal
(2002) Asset holding and consumption volatility Journal of Political Economy (with Orazio Attanasio and James Banks)
(2002) The labour supply effects of the abolition of the earnings rule Economic Journal (with Richard Disney)
(2002) Retirement incentives and labour supply in the UK Economic Journal (with Richard Blundell and Costas Meghir)
(1999) Is there a retirement savings puzzle? American Economic Review (with James Banks and Richard Blundell)