Authors

CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.

Research Associate University of Bristol
Sarah is a Research Associate at the IFS and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bristol with interest in applied microeconomics.
Book Chapter details
- Publisher
- National Burea of Economic Research
Suggested citation
R, Blundell and C, Meghir and S, Smith. (2004). 'Pension incentives and the pattern of retirement in the UK' Chicago: National Burea of Economic Research
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