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Savings, pensions and wealth

Our work examines how and why people accumulate wealth - such as in housing, pensions and other assets - and how they use it over their working life and in retirement. We also analyse decisions about retirement and the impact of pensions and saving policy on incomes, saving and retirement decisions.

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Income and wealth inequality explained in 5 charts

Explainer

We document how economic inequalities have changed over the last sixty years, and how experiences have varied for different groups.

9 November 2022

Why are older workers leaving the workforce?

Podcast

We look at the latest research on older workers and their participation in the labour market.

2 November 2022

Is worsening health leading to more older workers quitting work, driving up rates of economic inactivity?

Comment

We examine labour market trends for older people to see if poorer health is driving down employment rates and causing a rise in economic inactivity

26 October 2022

Mini-Budget 2022 and follow-up

Collection

Analysis of the government's tax and spending plans - and follow-up - announced as part of the mini-Budget.

17 October 2022

Flexible pensions could offer a way out of the public sector pay crisis

Comment

Paul Johnson writes in The Times about the problems facing Kwasi Kwarteng.

10 October 2022

Public spending, pay and pensions

Report

The public sector pay settlements announced this July will pose severe budgetary challenges for many areas of government.

8 October 2022

On a roll? The first decade of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions

Comment

Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions began 10 years ago. It’s been very successful – but more needs to be done to build on achievements so far.

30 September 2022

The challenges facing the new Prime Minister

Podcast

Paul speaks to Ben Zaranko and Xiaowei Xu to assess the challenges facing the new Prime Minister.

6 September 2022

Wealth, gifts and estate planning at the end of life

Working Paper

We quantify the size and tax-responsiveness of ﬁnancial transfers made to heirs before death.

28 July 2022

The economic arguments for and against a wealth tax

Presentation

This presentation was given at an HMRC seminar.

15 July 2022

Living standards, poverty and inequality in the UK: 2022

Report

We look at how the distribution of household income changed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

14 July 2022

The future of public sector pensions

Podcast

We sit down with one of the architects behind the current public pensions system and discuss whether it is sustainable or needs further reform.

13 July 2022

Jars with cash inside labelled tax and pension

CIOT/IFS Debate: How should the tax system treat pension saving?

Presentation

How should the tax system treat pension saving? Is the answer different in a world of ‘pension freedoms’? These are some of the questions our expert panel will consider in this topical debate.

5 July 2022

How did increasing the state pension age from 65 to 66 affect household incomes?

Report

We quantify the impact of increasing the state pension age from 65 to 66 on household incomes, poverty and public finances, after – in particular – ta

20 June 2022

Recent and future patterns of work around state pension age

Presentation

How long are people's working lives? Are they getting longer or - since the pandemic - shorter?

20 June 2022

Recent and future patterns of work around state pension age

Report

This report brings together new evidence on these issues to examine the recent trends in, and prospects for, the labour market for people in their 50s and 60s.

20 June 2022

The Platinum Jubilee generation: how are they doing?

Comment

The Platinum Jubilee generation – those born as the Queen came to the throne – turn 70 this year. How have their lives changed during the Queen’s reign?

30 May 2022

How does spending change through retirement?

Presentation

At this event, IFS researchers presented the findings of new research on the spending patterns of current retirees. Following this, Carolyn Jones, Hea

19 May 2022