New Labour and Pensions Reform: Security in Retirement? |
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Authors: | Barbara Waine |
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Institution: | Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham |
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Abstract: | New Labour has defined the problem of security in retirement as one of undersaving and has sought to resolve it both by measures which encourage saving and by improving financial literacy. The article discusses both of these approaches, arguing that each is flawed and that, in addition, New Labour's pension policy exhibits several tensions which threaten to undermine the objective of providing a secure income in retirement. |
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Keywords: | New Labour Pensions Saving Financial literacy |
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