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ELSA analysis
Funded by: Pensions Commission
Part of: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Date started: 01 January 2004
This research involved some secondary analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) to allow the Pensions Commission to carry out comparisons of a MORI survey with the ELSA data, to provide additional information on the pensions arrangements of LSA respondents and to provide additional information on the expectations of ELSA respondents.
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23 March 2011
IFS Working Papers
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The effect of childhood education on old age cognitive abilities: evidence from a Regression Discontinuity design
We exploit the change to the minimum school-leaving age in the United Kingdom from 14 to 15 using a regression discontinuity design to evaluate the causal effect of one more year of education on cognitive abilities at older ages.
07 February 2011
IFS Working Papers
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How much do lifetime earnings explain retirement resources?
We use a unique dataset to construct measures of lifetime earnings and examine how these relate to financial resources in retirement.
21 October 2010
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Financial circumstances and consumption
These slides were delivered at the ELSA Wave 4 launch, The Royal Society, London.
01 October 2010
Book Chapters
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Financial circumstances and consumption
This is a chapter of the wave 4 analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
01 October 2010
Book Chapters
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Employment, retirement and pensions
This is a chapter of the wave 4 analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
01 March 2009
Journal Articles
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Health disadvantage in US adults aged 50 to 74 years: a comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of Europeans
We compared the health of older US, English, and other European adults, stratified by wealth.
13 August 2007
IFS Working Papers
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Better prepared for retirement? Using panel data to improve wealth estimates of ELSA respondents
This paper compares the key assumptions underpinning estimates of the pension wealth of ELSA respondents to outcomes over the period from 2002-03 to 2004-05.
01 June 2007
Journal Articles
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Understanding pensions: cognitive function, numerical ability and retirement saving
In a world of declining state pension provision, it is becoming increasingly important that individuals are able to understand the financial choices they face and can choose savings products, portfolios and contribution rates accordingly.
07 July 2006
IFS Press Releases
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Longitudinal study of ageing reveals health and wealth relationship
Individuals who are 50–59 years-old and from the poorest fifth of the population are over 10 times more likely to die than their peers from the richest fifth.
07 July 2006
Presentations
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Expenditure and consumption
Presentation at the launch of the report covering the second wave of the ELSA survey.
07 July 2006
Presentations
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Labour market transitions
Presentation at the launch of the report covering the second wave of the ELSA survey.
11 October 2005
IFS Reports
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Prepared for retirement? The adequacy and distribution of retirement resources in England
This report provides new empirical evidence on the level and distribution of retirement saving in England.
11 October 2005
IFS Press Releases
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Are retirement resources adequate?
The vast majority of the next generation of pensioners will have resources in excess of the adequacy benchmarks typically used in the policy debate but many may not get as much private pension income as they expect.
11 October 2005
Presentations
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Prepared for retirement?
These are the slides from the presentation about the adequacy of retirement saving in the England.
01 June 2004
External publications
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Not so brief lives: longevity expectations and wellbeing in retirement
This chapter is part of a pamplet looking at the seven ages of man (and woman) in the modern era.
01 December 2003
Book Chapters
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Socio-economic position
Possibly one of the most pressing concerns in the debate on the ageing population is whether individuals will have adequate economic resources to maintain sufficient standards of living in retirement, and, if not, what the government can provide, in terms of health care and retirement income, to meet the needs of a population with an increasing fraction of older individuals.
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