Long-run Trends in the Economic Activity of Older People in the UK

James Banks, Carl Emmerson, Gemma Tetlow

NBER Working Paper No. 24606
Issued in May 2018

---- Acknowledgments ----

This paper is part of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s International Social Security (ISS) Project, which is supported by the National Institute on Aging (grant P01 AG012810). The authors are grateful to the other participants of that project for useful comments and advice. We are grateful to the ESRC-funded Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at IFS (grant number RES-544-28-5001) for providing funding for this project. We are also grateful to Richard Blundell for useful comments. Data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) were made available by the UK Data Archive. Responsibility for interpretation of the data, as well as for any errors, is the authors’ alone. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

---- Disclosure of Financial Relationships for Carl Emmerson ----

Over the last three years, I have also received other research grants, which were not directly related to the work on which the article is based, from the following potentially interested parties:

• Age UK

• Arnold Foundation

• Association of British Insurers

• Chartered Insurance Institute

• Department for Work and Pensions

• Economic and Social Research Council

• Health Foundation

• HM Revenue and Customs

• HM Treasury

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

• Investment Association

• Legal and General Investment Management

• Money Advice Service

• Nuffield Foundation

• Tax Incentivised Savings Association

I am also a member of the United Kingdom’s Social Security Advisory Committee, which is an advisory non-departmental body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions. This is involves scrutinising most of the secondary legislation that underpins the social security system and providing impartial advice on social security and related matters.

---- Disclosure of Financial Relationships for Gemma Tetlow ----

Over the last three years I have also received financial support from the following organisations, who potentially have an interest in this research summarized in this working paper, although they did not directly fund it: Age UK, Association of British Insurers, Chartered Insurance Institute, Department for Work and Pensions, Economic and Social Research Council, Health Foundation, HM Revenue and Customs, HM Treasury, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Investment Association, Legal and General Investment Management, Money Advice Service, Nuffield Foundation, Tax Incentivised Savings Association.

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