Analysis and action on living standards
Explore our database of academic, think-tank and policy research to find out more about how living standards differ across and within generations, both in the UK and elsewhere. The Resolution Foundation’s reports analysing living standards through a generational lens are here.
| Publication | Date | Publication type | Theme | Area covered |
| Financial Conduct Authority, Intergenerational Differences | May 2019 | Other report | General | UK |
| House of Lords Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision, Tackling intergenerational unfairness | April 2019 | Parliamentary report | General | UK |
| W Tanner, N O’Brien & J Kanagasooriam, Generation Why? What is driving the growing age gap in British politics and how the centre right should respond, Onward | April 2019 | Think-tank report | General | UK |
| C Bosquet & H Overman, ‘Why does birthplace matter so much?’, Journal of Urban Economics, 110 | March 2019 | Academic article | Social mobility | UK |
| K Dryer et al., The association between living alone and health care utilisation in older adults: a retrospective cohort study of electronic health records from a London general practice, BMC Geriatrics | December 2018 | Academic article | Housing costs and security | UK |
| J Cribb & P Simpson, Barriers to homeownership for young adults, Institute for Fiscal Studies | October 2018 | Think-tank report | Housing costs and security | UK |
| H Schwandt & T von Wachter, Unlucky Cohorts: Estimating the Long-term Effects of Entering the Labor Market in a Recession in Large Cross-sectional Data Sets, National Bureau of Economic Research | October 2018 | Academic article | Jobs, skills and pay | US |
| S Kitao, ‘Policy uncertainty and cost of delaying reform: The case of aging Japan’, Review of Economic Dynamics | January 2018 | Academic article | Taxes, benefits and household income | Japan |
| Cribb, A Hood & R Joyce, Does leaving education in a recession have a lasting impact on living standards?, Institute for Fiscal Studies | November 2017 | Think-tank report | Jobs, skills and pay | UK |
| B Duffy, H Shrimpton & M Clemence, Millennial Myths and Realities, Ipsos MORI | July 2017 | Think-tank report | General | UK |
| S Knüpfer, E Rantapuska & M Sarvimäki, ‘Formative Experiences and Portfolio Choice: Evidence from the Finnish Great Depression’, The Journal of Finance, 72(1) | February 2017 | Academic artcile | Wealth and assets | Finland |
| J Blanden & S Machin, Home Ownership and Social Mobility, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics | January 2017 | Academic article | Social mobility | UK |
| A Hood & R Joyce, Inheritances and inequality across and within generations, Institute for Fiscal Studies | January 2017 | Think-tank report | Wealth and assets | UK |
| R Chetty & N Hendren, The Impacts of Neighborhoods on Intergenerational Mobility II: County-Level Estimates, The National Bureau of Economic Research | December 2016 | Academic article | Social mobility | US |
| Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association, Retirement Income Adequacy: Generation by Generation | November 2016 | Other report | Wealth and assets | UK |
| House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee, Intergenerational fairness | November 2016 | Parliamentary report | Taxes, benefits and household income | UK |
| A Sharam, L Ralston & S Parkinson, Security in retirement: the impact of housing and key critical life events, Swinburne Institute for Social Research | October 2016 | Think-tank report | Housing costs and security | Australia |
| J Cribb, A Hood & R Joyce, The economic circumstances of different generations: the latest picture, Institute for Fiscal Studies | September 2016 | Think-tank report | General | UK |
| D Kingman, Generations Apart? The growth of age segregation in England and Wales, Intergenerational Foundation | September 2016 | Think-tank report | Demography | UK |
| M Hitchens, DB pensions: Choking Hazard, Intergenerational Foundation | June 2016 | Think-tank report | Wealth and assets | UK |
| K Doorley & N Pestel, Labour Supply after Inheritances and the Role of Expectations, Institute of Labor Economics | March 2016 | Academic article | Wealth and assets | Germany |
| N Keohane, Longer Lives, Stronger Families? The changing nature of intergenerational support, Social Market Foundation | February 2016 | Think-tank report | Demography | UK |
| J Altonji, L Kahn & J Speer, ‘Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success’, Journal of Labor Economics, 34(2) | January 2016 | Academic article | Jobs, skills and pay | US |
| Pew Research Center, The Whys and Hows of Generations Research | September 2015 | Think-tank report | General | US |
| S Black et al., Poor Little Rich Kids? The Role of Nature versus Nurture in Wealth and Other Economic Outcomes and Behaviors, The National Bureau of Economic Research | July 2015 | Academic article | Social mobility | Sweden |
| M Johnson, Who will care for Generation Y?, Centre for Policy Studies | June 2015 | Think-tank report | General | UK |
| E Friedman & R Mare, ‘The Schooling of Offspring and the Survival of Parents’, Demography, 51(4) | August 2014 | Academic article | Demography | US |
| O Hauser et al., ‘Cooperating with the future’, Nature, 511 | July 2014 | Academic article | General | International |
| J Portes, ‘Commentary: Intergenerational and Intragenerational equity’, National Institute Economic Review, 227 | February 2014 | Academic article | General | UK |
| J Lloyd, Whose Home? Understanding landlords and their effect on public policy, The Strategic Society Centre | July 2014 | Think-tank report | Housing costs and security | UK |
| A Harrop, A Presumption of equality: The changing face of old age and what it means for fairness, Fabian Society | July 2013 | Think-tank report | Taxes, benefits and household income | UK |
| J Lloyd, The Future Cost of Housing Benefit for Older People, The Strategic Society Centre | June 2012 | Think-tank report | Housing costs and security | UK |
| P Oreopoulos, T von Wachter & A Heisz, ‘The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession’, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 4(1) | January 2012 | Academic article | Jobs, skills and pay | US |
| R Lee & A Mason, Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing | August 2011 | Book | Demography | International |
| D Bell & D Blanchflower, ‘Young People and the Great Recession’, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 27(2) | July 2011 | Academic article | Jobs, skills and pay | International |
| D McCarthy, J Sefton & M Weale, Generational Accounts for the United Kingdom, National Institute of Economic and Social Research | March 2011 | Think-tank report | Taxes, benefits and household income | UK |
| D Willetts, The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children’s Future – And Why They Should Give It Back, Atlantic Books | September 2010 | Book | General | UK |
| J Lloyd, Navigating the Age of Inheritance, International Longevity Centre UK | May 2008 | Think-tank report | Wealth and assets | UK |
| R Boreham & J Lloyd, Asset Accumulation across the Life Course, International Longevity Centre UK | September 2007 | Think-tank report | Wealth and assets | UK |
| J Tremmel, Handbook of Intergenerational Justice, Edward Elgar Publishing | September 2006 | Book | General | International |
| A Green, The Crisis for Young People: Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare, Palgrave Macmillan | July 2005 | Book | General | UK |
| L Kotlikoff & S Burns, The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America’s Economic Future, MIT Press | February 2005 | Book | Taxes, benefits and household income | US |
| P Gregg, ‘The impact of youth unemployment on adult unemployment in the NCDS’, The Economic Journal, 111(475) | November 2001 | Academic article | Jobs, skills and pay | UK |
| W Arulampalam, ‘Is Unemployment Really Scarring? Effects of Unemployment Experiences on Wages’, The Economic Journal, 111(475) | November 2001 | Academic article | Jobs, skills and pay | UK |
| W Strauss & N Howe, Generations, William Morrow | December 1998 | Book | Demography | US |