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Claire is a Reader in Economics at the University of Birmingham and a Research Fellow of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. She is an applied labour economist whose research focuses on the determinants of education and labour market participation and outcomes, with a focus on the early years and higher education. She has published widely on the drivers of gender, socio-economic and ethnic inequalities in these areas, and what can be done to reduce these gaps.