The paper compares the change in pension plan coverage in the 1980s in the US and the UK.

This paper analyses the effect on the capital stock and growth rate of policies that allow banks to have monopoly power.

Individuals in the UK now face an effective choice between joining different types of pension plan.

In this paper we ask whether households are saving enough for their retirement.

Double taxation of company dividends is reduced in the UK by a partial imputation system of corporation tax, which was introduced in 1973.

The purpose of this working paper is to document the current TAXBEN model, given the changes that have occurred since 1990.

Our paper evaluates the labour supply effects of 'in work' benefit reforms in the UK, using the means-tested benefit reforms of July 1995 as an example.

The study, using the 1988-89 Retirement Survey in Britain: (i) estimates expenditure on housing relative to income for the sample aged 55-69, (ii) simulates optimal housing/consumption allocations for a simple life cycle model and (iii) examines the relationship between 'excess' holdings of housing, financial dissaving and other portfolio behaviour subsequent to retirement.

In this paper we examine the concept of intergenerational mobility in earnings and in lifetime or 'permanent' status, and discuss its measurement using regression and quantile transition matrix approaches.