Authors

    Laurence O'Brien
    Laurence O'Brien

    Senior Research Economist

    Laurence is in the Retirement, Savings and Ageing sector. His work focuses on people’s savings decisions and on economic activity in later life.

    Explainer details

    DOI
    10.1920/ex.ifs.2025.0007
    Publisher
    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    O'Brien, L. (2025). How to improve automatic enrolment? [Explainer] Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/how-improve-automatic-enrolment (accessed: 15 July 2025).

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