This paper tries to assess whether or not we have any empirical evidence of links between early retirement and youth unemployment. Most economists would today dismiss the idea immediately as another version of the naive 'lump-of-labor fallacy'. In its most basic form, this proposition holds that...

This paper considers the relevance of a set of generational accounts in informing policy debate in the UK. With regard to transparency, Generational Accounts can, under sensible assumptions, provide a useful summary statistic to supplement our analysis of government policy. Interpreting...

Reforms - such as the abolition of the earnings test and rises in the female State Pension Age, have pushed up employment rates. But other factors - such as the shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pensions being offered by private sector employers and the growth in employment...