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Retirement saving consortium
This project examines a number of key policy questions relating to pensions and retirement saving using novel, newly available data:

  • What has been the effect of the financial crisis on household wealth and saving?
  • What will be the impact on labour market participation of the current increase in the female state pension age?
  • What are the implications of trends in employers’ pension arrangements for labour market mobility?
  • Have those approaching the state pension age made appropriate retirement saving decisions?
  • To what extent is private pension coverage affected by up-front financial incentives to save?
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23 October 2012
IFS Reports
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The adequacy of wealth among those approaching retirement
This report provides a new assessment of the proportion of people aged between 50 and the State Pension Age (SPA) who are at risk of having inadequate resources in retirement and considers the characteristics associated with the risk of such inadequacy.
23 October 2012
IFS Press Releases
Article
Up to one-in-five facing large income falls on retirement; Financial crisis knocks 10% off wealth holdings among older individuals
These are among the findings from two new reports by IFS researchers launched today, that use household survey data to investigate how well prepared for retirement individuals approaching the state pension age are, and how the wealth of older individuals has been affected by the financial crisis.
30 April 2012
IFS Working Papers
Article
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England
We use these data and earlier ELSA waves first to document the effect of the crisis on the finances of those aged 50 and over in England, and second, to estimate the effect of wealth shocks on household consumption and individual expectations of the future.
20 March 2012
IFS Working Papers
Article
Do up-front tax incentives affect private pension saving in the United Kingdom?
The paper examines how individuals respond to complex decision-making environments - in particular, whether up-front financial incentives are an effective policy lever to change behaviour.
01 December 2011
Presentations
Article
Do up-front tax incentives affect private pension saving in the UK? - HMRC
This presentation was delivered to the HMRC conference on taxation analysis and research in December 2011.
19 October 2011
IFS Working Papers
Article
Household consumption through recent recessions
This paper examines trends in household consumption and saving behaviour in each of the last three recessions in the UK.
04 July 2011
Presentations
Article
The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England
This presentation was delivered at the 'Conference on Macroeconomic Policy' held at the Murat Sertel Center for Advanced Economic Studies, Istanbul.
01 March 2011
Presentations
Article
Do up-front tax incentives affect private pension saving in the UK? - RES conference
RES conference presentation, March 2011

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Financial resources
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The default solution to a pensions crisis?
IFS launch: How have older households been affected by the financial crisis? How prepared for retirement are those approaching State Pension Age?
Incentives, shocks or signals? Employment effects of increasing the female State Pension Age
Research Personnel
Antoine Bozio
Rowena Crawford
Thomas Crossley
Carl Emmerson
Paul Johnson
Cormac O'Dea
Gemma Tetlow
Matthew Wakefield
Impact on Society
Disseminating savings research to the business community
IFS researchers present and discuss new research on retirement saving with a group of business leaders and policy makers.