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Very little is known about how households hold their savings, if they have any at all. This study shows how the amount and nature of household saving and wealth vary across different household types.
Authors
![James Banks](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/James_Banks.jpg?itok=EvmV7fKj)
CPP Co-Director
James is Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Manchester, working on broad issues in the economics of retirement, savings and health.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Andrew Dilnot
![Hamish Low](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Hamish_Low.jpg?itok=SxQtBzSd)
Research Fellow University of Oxford
Hamish is the James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College and a Research Fellow at IFS.
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/co.ifs.1994.0045
- ISBN
- 978-1-873357-40-8
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
J, Banks and A, Dilnot and H, Low. (1994). The distribution of wealth in the UK. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/distribution-wealth-uk (accessed: 3 July 2024).
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