Two papers published today by the IFS and funded by the Nuffield Foundation show that: Households receiving the winter fuel payment are almost 14 times as likely to spend the money on fuel than would have been the case had their incomes been increased in other ways; But in very cold weather it remains the case that the poorest pensioners cut back on spending on food to finance the additional cost of heating their homes.
Authors
Laura Blow
Research Fellow University of Michigan
Tom is a Research Fellow at IFS, a Research Professor for the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
Research Associate Yale University
Cormac is a Research Associate of the IFS, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale University and Research Fellow at the NBER.
Press Release details
- Publisher
- IFS
More from IFS
Understand this issue
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away
15 April 2024
A mess has been made of Child Benefit, and the clear-up operation may not be easy
29 March 2024
How important is the Bank of Mum and Dad?
15 December 2023
Policy analysis
Recent trends in and the outlook for health-related benefits
19 April 2024
4.2 million working-age people now claiming health-related benefits, could rise by 30% by the end of the decade
19 April 2024
Living standards since the last election
21 March 2024
Academic research
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages
15 April 2024
The menopause "penalty"
18 March 2024
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs
2 April 2024