Heidi Karjalainen

Senior Research Economist

Heidi Karjalainen joined the IFS in 2019. She is currently a Senior Research Economist working in the Retirement, Savings, and Ageing sector. Her current work includes research on pensions policy, saving for retirement, and health and cognition among older people. She is also one of the authors of the IFS Pensions Review, a multi-year project on the UK pension system and of the future of financial security in retirement. Before joining the IFS Heidi worked in the private sector in infrastructure financing.

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    How can policy boost productivity growth?

    Conference 25 March 2025 at 09:30 Westminster

    At this policy conference, four panels of experts will give their perspectives and recommendations on four key areas of the UK’s productivity problem.

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    Where next for the state pension?

    Event 13 December 2023 at 10:00 via Slido and YouTube
    At this online event, IFS researchers presented findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK.
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    Where next for the state pension?

    Presentation
    IFS researchers presented findings from a major new report on the future of the state pension in the UK, published as part of the Pensions Review.

    13 December 2023

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    The future of the state pension

    Report
    This IFS Pensions Review report sets out key challenges for the UK’s state pension system and suggests a way forward for the future

    13 December 2023