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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Richard Disney, Paul Johnson and Gary Stears ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2, May 1998
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 153-174
JEL classification: D31, D91, J26
This paper examines the asset positions of households at and around retirement in Britain using the Retirement Survey 'waves' of 1988-89 and 1994. The data provide the first panel evidence on retirement behaviour and asset evolution for a sample of older households in Britain. The analysis in this paper shows the importance of housing and private pension wealth for this age-group in Britain, and also the differential wealth holdings between surviving respondents and those who died or failed to respond for other reasons in 1994. It provides some preliminary evidence as to whether households decumulate assets after retirement in accordance with the 'textbook' version of the Life-Cycle Hypothesis of consumption. Search |
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