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Pensioner poverty over the next decade: what role for tax and benefit reform?

Authors

Publication date

2007

Abstract

This report looks at the prospects for pensioner poverty in England over the next decade. The authors find that that the proportion of those aged 65 and over living in poverty is set to remain at its current level - around one-in-five - between 2007-08 and 2017-18. This is despite the overall increase in the generosity of state pensions arising from the Pensions White Paper, and the fact that younger cohorts are expected to have more private pension income and higher employment rates at older ages than those preceding them.

Subjects

Older People, Pensions, Poverty, and Social Policy

Links

http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications.php?publication_id=3991

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