Experts

Sarah Perret works as an economist and deputy head of unit at OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. Her role involves assessing countries’ tax systems and advising them on tax reform. She has also been leading the work on wealth and inheritance taxation at the OECD and is the author of a number of studies on taxation, inequality and inclusive growth.

Barbara Petrongolo is Lord Maurice Peston Professor of Economics at Queen Mary University, Director of the CEPR Labour Economics Programme and Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics. She is currently managing co-editor of the Economic Journal. Her primary research interests are in labour economics. Her work also researches the causes of gender inequalities in labour market outcomes, in a historical perspective and across countries.

David, an Associate Director at the IFS, has particular expertise in two areas. Firstly, devolved and local government finance, where he has analysed fiscal rules, funding allocations and local risks in the context of Covid-19. Secondly, tax and social protection policy in developing countries, where he helps lead the DfID-funded TaxDev programme, which has been supporting partner governments’ policy development and appraisal and publishing broader research and analysis on the Covid-19 crisis.

Harry Pickard is a research associate at the University of Sheffield. His main research interests are in the areas of political and public economics, particularly in voting behaviour, British political economy and Brexit, and political leadership. His recent work has examined the impacts of terrorism in the UK whilst giving consideration to type of terror attack and the effect of political ideology on migration patterns. Harry is also an associate fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute.

Using a data intensive approach, Claudio’s research has identified key aspects of airline pricing algorithms. His work on hotel pricing has highlighted the positive impact of the abolition of Price Parity Clauses in Online Travel Agents Platforms.

In 2019, he received a grant from the Office for National Statistics to collect data on the UK housing market. The data is being used to study the market during the COVID-19 crisis.

Chris Pike leads the OECD Competition Committee’s Working Party 2, which focuses on competition policy & regulation. He has led the OECD’s work on competition & regulatory policy in digital markets, its ground-breaking research on inclusive competition, and the development of an international standard on competitive neutrality. Previously, Chris was Director of Competition Economics at the UK’s Healthcare Regulator. He has also advised the Competition Commission on mergers & market studies.