Authors

    James Banks
    James Banks

    Co-director, CPP Institute

    James is an CPP Institute Co-director and Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester.

    Richard Disney
    Richard Disney

    Research Fellow University of Sussex

    Richard is an IFS Research Associate, a Part-time Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex and a Visiting Professor of Economics at UCL.

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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.

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    Banks, J., Disney, R., and Oldfield, Z. (2000), 'What can we learn about pension reform from generational accounts for the UK?'

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