Higher energy prices between 2004 and 2007 coincided with substantially higher fuel spending and lower fuel consumption for older households, according to research published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and funded by Age Concern and Help the Aged.

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Andrew Leicester

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Zoe Oldfield

Head of Data Services

Zoe is Head of Data Services. She joined the IFS in 1998 as a researcher and moved into Data Services in 2011.

Cormac O'Dea
Cormac O'Dea

Research Associate Yale University

Cormac is a Research Associate of the IFS, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale University and Research Fellow at the NBER.

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