This paper presents an overview of the beginnings of a research agenda targeted towards increasing the empirical evidence on economic issues related to ageing in England and providing extensive data for subsequent research.

The Pensions White Paper set out the Government's proposed reforms to pension provision in the UK in light of the Pensions Commission's recommendations.

This report covers the second wave of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a survey of people of 50 and over in England.

This articles sets out to assess the relative heath status of older individuals in England and the United States, especially how their health status varies by important indicators of socioeconomic position.

Middle-aged English people are healthier than their American counterparts, according to a collaborative study issued today by English and US researchers.

We summarise what economic theory predicts about how retirement savings decisions are affected by marginal withdrawal rates created by the tax, tax credit and benefit system, and by the information individuals are provided with.

New research examines what is known about how the tax and benefit system influences retirement saving decisions.

In this paper we look at numerical ability and other dimensions of cognitive function in a sample of older adults in England and examine the extent to which these abilities are correlated with various measures of wealth and retirement saving outcomes.

Initial analysis of the Turner report on pension provision.

The aim of this analysis was to establish whether self-reported disability in walking medium distances (a quarter of a mile) in an English ageing study (ELSA) was comparable to similar self-reports in the US (NHANES) studies.