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Labour supply
The increased adoption of means-tested benefits and tax credits in the UK and elsewhere has refocused employment policy on creating incentives for lower-skilled individuals to gain and retain employment. This has been the subject of increased attention in our research.

There are three main areas where further development is planned. First, labour supply decisions within the family. This area is particularly relevant given the growing importance of in-work benefits and childcare subsidies. Second, incentives in the tax and welfare system for employment retention and earnings enhancement once in the labour market. This is closely allied to the issue of wage progression and our research on human capital accumulation. Third, labour supply decisions for older workers and the complex interactions between early retirement incentives in pension systems, incapacity benefit rules and working opportunities for older people.

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Year: 390 publications
17 August 2010
This paper adds to the evidence base on retirement income adequacy and how retirement incomes relate to lifetime earnings.
15 July 2010
Most families accumulated very little liquid wealth between 2000 and 2005 according to new research published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and funded by the IFS Retirement Saving Consortium.
15 July 2010
Considerable variation in the amount of wealth that households hold and how they hold it means that some will have been more exposed to falling asset prices during 2008 and 2009 than others. We estimate that the best off will have lost most.
15 July 2010
A new report, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), provides background analysis and context to aid interpretation of data on the distribution of wealth in Great Britain available from the first wave of the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS).
15 July 2010
R71
This report looks at the level of wealth and the rate of saving of households in the UK on the eve of the global economic crisis.
18 June 2010
This talk was given at a DWP seminar, 'Wage supplementation: what do we know?'
11 May 2010
W10/07
This paper uses a survey-based approach to test alternative methods of channeling tax relief to donors - as a tax rebate for the donor or as a matched payment to the receiving charity.
04 May 2010
BN104
This election briefing note reviews the policies that the three main UK political parties have announced in their manifestos that relate to state pensions, private pension saving, public sector pensions, and employment at older ages.
21 April 2010
BN95
This Briefing Note reviews developments in welfare policy under the current government and analyses the manifesto proposals of the three main political parties in this policy area.
16 April 2010
W10/05
This paper discusses recent developments in the literature that studies how the dynamics of earnings and wages affect consumption choices over the life cycle.
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