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Working later: raising the effective age of retirement
- Author:
- ROBINSON Peter
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 53p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book shows how difficult it will be to secure a political and popular consensus on pensions reform but shows how important it is to make any reforms transparent if the legacy of mistrust over pensions is to be overcome. The first part of this report, discusses the objectives of pensions reform and the problem of early labour market withdrawal. Examining the experience of other countries it shows how common are the problems of pensions reform and sets out some of the options facing the UK. At some point policy-makers will have to grasp the nettle of an increase in the state pension age. In the second part, the authors detail a series of ippr focus groups on people's attitudes to retirement and working later. They find evidence of considerable hostility to working and receiving the state pension later than 65, with many distrusting data on increased life expectancy.
A New contract for retirement: modelling policy options to 2050
- Editors:
- BROOKS Richard, REGAN Sue, ROBINSON Peter
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 120p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Seeks to identify the proper objectives of pensions and long-term care policy. The report analyses existing policy and methods of funding and proposes radical but workable reform of the government's proposed settlement. Contents include: UK state pensions policy at the crossroads; modelling pension choices; demand for long-term care in the UK.