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This report, funded by the National Association of Pension Funds and the Economic and Social Research Council, examines a range of quantitative evidence to shed light on how current older cohorts of defined contribution (DC) pension fund holders are approaching and dealing with retirement and annuitisation.
Authors
Gemma Tetlow
Rowena Crawford
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/re.ifs.2012.0073
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Crawford, R and Tetlow, G. (2012). Expectations and experience of retirement in defined contribution pensions: a study of older people in England. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/expectations-and-experience-retirement-defined-contribution-pensions-study-older (accessed: 26 April 2024).
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