Savings, pensions and wealth

This paper tries to assess whether or not we have any empirical evidence of links between early retirement and youth unemployment.

The paper examines in detail the value of pension provision to teachers in the public sector in England and Wales, comparing pension accrual under both the pre- and the post-2007 schemes.

We measure accruals in defined benefit (DB) pension plans for public and private sector workers in Britain, using typical differences in scheme rules and sector-specific lifetime age-wage profiles by sex and educational group.

This paper constructs a rich model of saving for retired single people.

In this paper we investigate the size of health differences that exist among men in England and the United States and how those differences vary by Socio-Economic Status (SES) in both countries.

This Commentary provides an assessment of the number of individuals likely to be affected by forthcoming reforms to private pensions.

This technical report focuses on ELSA's methodology and the conduct of wave 3.

This paper looks at the value of pension rights in the context of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

We find that the differences in life expectancy related to observable factors such as income, gender, and health have large effects on savings.