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Cross-country comparisons of pensioners' incomes
— a report of research carried out by Axia Economics on behalf of the Department of Social Security | | Author(s) | Richard Disney, Edward Whitehouse |
| Corporate Author | Axia Economics; Department of Social Security - DSS |
| Publisher | Corporate Document Services, London, 2001 |
| Pages | 137 pp (Department of Social Security research report no 142) |
| Source | Corporate Document Services, 7 Eastgate, Leeds, LS2 7LY. |
| Keywords | Income [older people] ; Poor elderly ; Remuneration ; Social economics ; Comparison ; Research Reviews ; International. |
| Annotation | How well do different retirement income systems perform in delivering benefits to pensioners? This report updates "Incomes and living standards of older people: a comparative analysis" (Department of Social Security - DSS, 1995). It compares current pensioners' incomes with those of current workers, to assess older people's living standards against society as a whole both in the UK and in 18 comparable OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. It surveys the existing comparative literature, drawing on data from a number of international studies for the early and mid-1990s, being the most recent available, thus not reflecting recent policy changes. The report considers: methodology and measurement issues; the relative incomes of older people; patterns of pensioner incomes in the population income distribution; measures of income poverty; pensioner income inequality; income trends; sources of income; income and poverty dynamics; and different types of income. Conclusions suggest reasons why UK pensioners' incomes appear to have improved, a situation which could change when European Community Household Panel (ECHP) data becomes available. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010717214 B |
| Classmark | JF: F:W6: WL: W4: 48: 3A:6KC: 72 |
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