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<p><p><p>The government has recently legislated radical private pension reforms that will lead to the majority of employees being covered by provisions for 'automatic enrolment' by their employers into a private pension, which in some cases will be a new 'Personal Account'. This Commentary provides an assessment of the number of individuals likely to be affected by these reforms and their characteristics.</p></p></p>
Authors
Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, is expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.
Research Associate University of Bologna
Matthew is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna focusing on consumption and savings choices and how policy affects them.
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/co.ifs.2009.0110
- ISBN
- 978-1-903274-61-3
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Emmerson, C and Wakefield, M. (2009). Amounts and accounts: reforming private pension enrolment. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/amounts-and-accounts-reforming-private-pension-enrolment (accessed: 19 April 2024).
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