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Savings, pensions and wealth

Our work examines how and why people accumulate wealth - such as in housing, pensions and other assets - and how they use it over their working life and in retirement. We also analyse decisions about retirement and the impact of pensions and saving policy on incomes, saving and retirement decisions.

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The Spring Budget explained

Podcast

We provide our analysis on the Chancellor's Spring Budget.

16 March 2023

Spring Budget 2023 response

Comment

An initial response to the Spring Budget 2023 from IFS researchers

15 March 2023

Data on private pension saving in UK surveys

Report

This report documents the quality of private pension saving data collected in UK household surveys.

8 March 2023

The gender gap in pension saving

Report

We document disparities in pension incomes and pension saving between men and women in the UK, and analyse the drivers behind these gaps.

8 March 2023

New data show signs of over 50s returning to the workforce

Comment

New data from the end of 2022 show an uptick in 50- to 64-year-olds returning to the workforce.

2 March 2023

Trends in pension saving among the long-term self-employed

Report

We analyse trends in private pension saving among the long-term self-employed workers in the UK using administrative tax data.

2 March 2023

Understanding pension saving among the self-employed

Report

We analyse patterns of private pension saving among self-employed workers in the UK using administrative tax data.

2 March 2023

Intergenerational altruism and transfers of time and money: a life cycle perspective

Working Paper

We find that time investments, educational investments, and assortative matching have a greater impact on generating inequality than cash transfers.

28 February 2023

The effect of tax incentives on private pension saving

Working Paper

This paper estimates the responsiveness of private pension saving to tax incentives for employees in England and Wales.

24 February 2023

When and why do employees change their pension saving?

Report

We analyse how employees’ pension saving responds to changes in earnings and employer, tax incentives, and major life events.

24 February 2023

The Pensions Review

Collection

The Pensions Review assesses what pensions policy and the economic environment mean for future retirees’ living standards, recommending reform options

22 February 2023