Bericht

The adequacy of wealth among those approaching retirement

There has been ongoing concern in many quarters in recent decades that individuals in the UK are not saving enough to provide themselves privately with an adequate income in retirement. A number of long-run trends have acted to make it harder for individuals to accumulate sufficient resources, including unexpectedly rapidly increasing life expectancies and the reduced availability of defined benefit (DB) pensions in the private sector. The Pensions Commission was appointed in 2002 with the remit of 'keeping under review the adequacy of private pension saving in the UK, and advising on appropriate policy changes', and its first report (Pensions Commission, 2004) projected that many people, particularly those with defined contribution (DC) pensions, would have 'inadequate' resources in retirement...

ISBN
9781903274934
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IFS Report ; No. R72

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Crawford, Rowena
O'Dea, Cormac
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
(wo)
London
(wann)
2012

DOI
doi:10.1920/re.ifs.2012.0072
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Bericht

Beteiligte

  • Crawford, Rowena
  • O'Dea, Cormac
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Entstanden

  • 2012

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