How can policy makers raise household saving?

<p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p><p>On the 22nd February 2012 the British Academy Policy Centre will be publishing a new report, authored by researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, on how policymakers can raise household saving. The report examines in detail what is known - and what is not known - about the effectiveness of four types of intervention designed to raise saving by households: financial incentives; education; choice architecture; and social marketing.</p><p>The report will be launched at the British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH, from 9.30-11.30 am with an invited audience of around 50-60 academics, politicians, policymakers and other practitioners with an interest in this area. There will be a presentation of the report's findings from the authors followed by a panel discussion.</p><p>Speakers and panellists include:</p><ul><li>Professor Orazio Attanasio FBA, Professor of Economics at University College London and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies <li>Dr Thomas Crossley, Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies <li>Carl Emmerson, Deputy Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies <li>Dr David Halpern, Director of the Behavioural Insight Team, Cabinet Office <li>Andrew Leicester, Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies <li>Professor Steve Webb MP, Minister for Pensions</ul> <p>Spaces are strictly limited at this event.</p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>