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Working later: raising the effective age of retirement [Part 1]
— [and Part 2: Trust no one? public attitudes to raising the age of retirement] | | Author(s) | Peter Robinson, Tim Gosling, Miranda Lewis |
| Corporate Author | Institute for Public Policy Research - IPPR |
| Publisher | Institute for Public Policy Research - IPPR, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 53 pp |
| Source | IPPR, 30-32 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA. Download: http://www.ippr.org |
| Keywords | Retirement age ; Pensions ; Social policy ; Attitude ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Given increased healthy life expectancy, the state pension age for men and women must rise at some point, an objective in other OECD countries. However, many people are hostile to working longer: they would prefer to retire at the same age as their parents did, if not before. In Part 1, Peter Robinson introduces the idea of raising the effective age of retirement (to 67), and outlines the objectives of reform. Increased life expectancy is a good news story, but it makes early labour market withdrawal a problem. international statistical evidence is presented. Part 2 presents the results of focus groups conducted in March 2005. These provide evidence of considerable hostility to working and receiving the state pension at later than 65. The findings confirm people's disinclination to trust evidence on healthy life expectancy, or information on pensions provided by employers, the financial services industry or politicians. The years between 65 and 70 are perceived as being 'protected time' before health begins to deteriorate. If there is to be any impact on people's behaviour and expectations, the implications of pensions reform will need to be well understood. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-050726002 B |
| Classmark | G5A: JJ: TM2: DP: 3F |
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