Llyfrgell Ymchwil

A review, mixed-methods study and randomised control trial to understand how to engage UK consumers with more environmentally sustainable options within their defined-contribution pension savings.

A briefing prepared for the UK Parliament covering the links between debt and mental health, including key definitions, drivers of financial vulnerability, debt intervention and policy considerations.

Analysis by StepChange of their client data and online surveys to explore the financial circumstances, understanding and perceptions of debt, and financial behaviours of adults aged 18-24 in the UK.

A review undertaken by WPI Economics to explore existing evidence on the relationship between deep poverty and digital exclusion in the UK and assess data sources for future analysis.

Analysis of the link between disability and long-term illness and financial wellbeing and how this intersects with people’s other characteristics, using the UK Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021.

Econometric analysis of the impact of pension auto-enrolment on borrowing among UK employees which uses a large-scale natural experiment and linked administrative and credit-file data.

Analysis of matched longitudinal survey and credit file data to examine the impact of employment shocks on credit use and arrears among UK adults aged 18 and over.

Focus group research exploring people’s attitudes and behaviour around pensions, saving and retirement planning, within the context of the life course.

Analysis for the Money and Pensions Service exploring the relationship between financial wellbeing and how deprived a local area is, using the UK Adult Survey of Financial Wellbeing 2021.

A review exploring how people in the UK might be encouraged to talk more about their money, undertaken by the Centre for Business in Society at Coventry University for the Money and Pensions Service.