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New rich or old poor: poverty, take-up and the indexation of the state pension

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  • Vanessa Fry
  • Graham Stark

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For most of its lifetime there has been broad consensus on the role of the basic state retirement pension within the benefit system. Most pensioners were poor. The state pension was their main, often their only, source of income. So, if the aim was to relieve poverty, an increase in the state pension was seen as a good way of achieving it

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  • Vanessa Fry & Graham Stark, 1991. "New rich or old poor: poverty, take-up and the indexation of the state pension," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 12(1), pages 67-77, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ifs:fistud:v:12:y:1991:i:1:p:67-77
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    1. Andrew Dilnot & Paul Johnson, 1992. "What pension should the state provide?," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 13(4), pages 1-20, November.

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