You can download the event's slides here.
What’s on offer?
Each year early career economists at IFS deliver a day of public economics talks, aimed at A-level and undergraduate students who have an interest in economics or might want to pursue a career in public policy research. As part of this year’s Festival of Social Science, we will be live streaming a selection of lectures from the series to anyone who is interested in finding out more about economics. There will be time allowed for Q&A on each topic.
What’s it about?
Why should people save for retirement and why do governments intervene in people's pension saving decisions? How has the UK pension system changed over time? This lecture will discuss key themes around pension saving, specifically discussing the UK policy context.
Open to
These webinars are primarily aimed at final year undergraduates studying economics, but should be useful to anyone interested in the subject.
Speakers
Heidi Karjalainen
Heidi is a Senior Research Economist in the Retirement, Saving & Ageing sector. Her current research is on pensions and saving for retirement.
Chair
George Stoye
I completed a PhD at UCL in 2020. My work examines the drivers of variation in the quantity and quality of healthcare provided to different patients.
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