MATTHEW WAKEFIELD
Biographic Data
| ID | 5738373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | MATTHEW WAKEFIELD |
| GIVEN NAMES | MATTHEW |
| FAMILY NAME | WAKEFIELD |
| SIGNATURE | WAKEFIELD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3645-769X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
First‐time House Buying and Catch‐up
We investigate whether different ages of first‐time house buying lead to persistent differences in homeownership between cohorts. Our data span nearly 40 years and multiple cycles of England's volatile house prices. Ownership rates at thirty have differed substantially, with a significant negative association with prices. The persistence of differences is assessed using synthetic cohort techniques. Two methods of dealing with measurement error pr…
Tax Reform and Retirement Saving Incentives
In April 2001, the UK government introduced Stakeholder Pensions – a new private pension arrangement. The reform also changed the structure of tax‐relieved pension contribution ceilings, increasing their generosity for lower‐earners. We examine the impact of these changes on private pension coverage using individual level data. We use a difference‐in‐differences strategy with an estimator that is modified to allow for dichotomous outcomes. Contra…
Pension Provision and Retirement Saving
We describe the trajectory of pension reform in the United Kingdom, which focuses on restraining the cost of the public program as the population ages while maintaining adequate income security for low-income households in retirement. Methods for achieving these aims have been to target public benefits to low- income households, to permit individuals to opt out of the second tier of the public program into private retirement accounts, and to offe…
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Pension Provision and Retirement Saving
We describe the trajectory of pension reform in the United Kingdom, which focuses on restraining the cost of the public program as the population ages while maintaining adequate income security for low-income households in retirement. Methods for achieving these aims have been to target public benefits to low- income households, to permit individuals to opt out of the second tier of the public program into private retirement accounts, and to offe…
Tax Reform and Retirement Saving Incentives
In April 2001, the UK government introduced Stakeholder Pensions – a new private pension arrangement. The reform also changed the structure of tax‐relieved pension contribution ceilings, increasing their generosity for lower‐earners. We examine the impact of these changes on private pension coverage using individual level data. We use a difference‐in‐differences strategy with an estimator that is modified to allow for dichotomous outcomes. Contra…
First‐time House Buying and Catch‐up
We investigate whether different ages of first‐time house buying lead to persistent differences in homeownership between cohorts. Our data span nearly 40 years and multiple cycles of England's volatile house prices. Ownership rates at thirty have differed substantially, with a significant negative association with prices. The persistence of differences is assessed using synthetic cohort techniques. Two methods of dealing with measurement error pr…
Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (3 works) · Finance (2 works) · Incentive (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Pension (2 works) · Private pension (2 works) · Public economics (2 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (2 works)