Conference Paper

Financial wealth in later life: evidence from BHPS data

By James Banks, Zoe Smith and Matthew Wakefield

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, University of Warwick, April 7-9
Series or chapter number
14
Publisher
Royal Economic Society
http://ideas.repec.org/p/ecj/ac2003/14.html

Abstract

This paper examines evidence from the British Household Panel Survey on the distribution of financial wealth amongst benefit units in 1995 and 2000, and in particular focuses on older individuals as they approach and move through their retirement. We analyse the links between financial wealth, housing wealth and pension status and look at lessons and implications for the current policy debate on pensions, savings and the adequacy of financial provision for retirement.

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not held in Res Lib - bibliographic reference only

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