New research shows two-thirds of over-50s don't understand their pension

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:30 in Mathematics & Economics

The ESRI and Trinity College Dublin have released a new study examining how well-informed people are about their future pension benefits. The results of the study by Alan Barrett, ESRI, Irene Mosca, Trinity College Dublin and Brendan Whelan, ESRI, are striking. Two-thirds of people who are aged over 50 and who are members of pension schemes were unable to provide basic information on their future pension benefits.

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