Ethnic differences in private pension participation after automatic enrolment

Publication type

Report

Series

IFS Report Series

Authors

Publication date

January 23, 2025

Summary:

This report examines ethnic differences in pension participation in the UK following the nationwide roll-out of automatic enrolment, the drivers of those gaps, and the consequences for wealth accumulation. It draws on an academic research paper (Cribb, O’Brien and Sturrock, 2025) published alongside this report which provides a fuller examination of these issues.

DOI

https://doi.org/110.1920/re.ifs.2025.0003

Subjects

Link

https://ifs.org.uk/publications/ethnic-differences-private-pension-participation-after-automatic-enrolment

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