Tom Potoms

Tom Potoms is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Sussex, and a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London. His research focuses on family economics, applied microeconomics, and economic theory. He has contributed to journals such as the International Economic Review and the Journal of Economic Theory. His work explores topics including household behavior, intertemporal consumption, and welfare analysis.

• Affiliations: University of Sussex (Department of Economics), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Key research interests include analyzing cash transfer policies, Pareto efficiency in economic models, and decision-making frameworks involving anticipating and experiencing selves. His recent studies address topics like marital stability, labor supply dynamics, and revealed preference models with unobserved randomness.

Publications span empirical and theoretical contributions, with a focus on household economics and policy implications. Ongoing work includes analyses of public insurance, unemployment insurance in family contexts, and added worker effects in constrained environments.