Older Adults
Publications
IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies · 20 June 2022 English
With rising life expectancy and an ageing population, there are pressures on the financial sustainability of providing state pensions in the UK: the number of people of pensionable age is …
IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies · 20 June 2022 English
There have been dramatic changes in the patterns of work among people in their 50s and 60s over the last 50 years. The gradual increases in employment since the mid-1990s …
IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies · 16 June 2022 English
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the UK has seen a rise in the rate of economic inactivity among older people. This is a reversal of earlier trends. In particular, the …
IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies · 19 May 2022 English
Fuelled by changes to UK pensions policy over the last decade, most notably automatic enrolment into workplace pensions, an increasing number of people save for their retirement in defined contribution …
Resolution Foundation · 3 February 2022 English
Intergenerational wealth transfers, both gifts and inheritances, have increasingly become a major feature of UK economic life. These wealth transfers have major impacts on how people live their lives and …
matched by the fact that a greater proportion of older adults (aged 65 and over) anticipate using gifts instead …
International Longevity Centre - UK · 3 February 2022 English
Across Europe, COVID-19 has threatened the health and longevity of society’s most clinically vulnerable groups. Given that 25% of European adults are living with two or more chronic conditions, the …
Resolution Foundation · 31 January 2022 English
Although they were disproportionately likely to lose their jobs at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, young people’s employment prospects began to improve from spring 2021. In fact, the youth …
to have a common mental disorder (CMD) than older adults. In October 2021, 51 per cent of surveyed 18-34-year-olds …
RUKBA: Independent Age · 12 January 2022 English
After historic falls in the 00s, poverty in later life is once again on the rise, at its highest rate since 2008 and steadily rising since 2012. This report summarises …
International Longevity Centre - UK · 31 December 2021 English
In February 2022, the UK will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, marking the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne and becoming Head of the Commonwealth. Only 0.15% of …
