Nicholas Barr is a British

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, currently serving as

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at the

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(LSE). He received his Ph.D. in economics as a

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from the

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and his MSc in economics from LSE. He was made a

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of the

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in May 2025. According to his LSE biography, he has worked for the

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, "from 1990 to 1992 working on the design of income transfers and health finance in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, and in 1995–96 as a principal author of the World Bank's World Development Report 1996: From Plan to Market." He also served as an advisor to the British, Chinese and South African governments. Since 1987, he has published six editions of his book ''The Economics of the welfare state'', the last one in 2020.

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*''Investing in Human Capital: A Capital Markets Approach to Student Funding'' (2007), co-authored with Miguel Palacios Lleras *''Labor Markets And Social Policy In Central And Eastern Europe: The Accession And Beyond'' (2005) *''Economics of the welfare state'' (1987, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2012, 2020) *''The Welfare State As Piggy Bank: Information, Risk, Uncertainty, and the Role of the State'' (2001) *''Economic Theory and the Welfare State'' (2001) *''Financing Higher Education: Answers from the UK'' (2001) *''Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Transition and Beyond'' (1994) *''Poland: Income Support and the Social Safety Net During the Transition (World Bank Country Study)'' (1993) *''The State of Welfare: The Welfare State in Britain Since 1974'' (1990) *''Strategies for Higher Education: The Alternative White Paper (Hume Papers)'' (1989) *''Public Financing in Theory and Practice'' (1987)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barr, Nicholas British economists Living people UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Academics of the London School of Economics Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Royal Economic Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts

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