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Implications of The National Employment Savings Trust for Vulnerable Sectors of the UK Labour Market: A Reduced-Form Statistical Evaluation

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The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is a new pension scheme that will be introduced for employees on modest incomes in the UK from 2012. This paper draws out the implications of the NEST, focusing upon low-paid employees and their employers using data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. The results suggest that the NEST will increase labour costs by between 0.6 and 0.8 per cent on average, and have a disproportionate effect on low pay industries and private sector firms employing fewer than 25 employees. The analysis highlights the potential role of the minimum wage to shield low pay workers from paying a share of the subsidies that the NEST will afford to its members.

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  • Justin van de Ven, 2012. "Implications of The National Employment Savings Trust for Vulnerable Sectors of the UK Labour Market: A Reduced-Form Statistical Evaluation," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 219(1), pages 77-89, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:niesru:v:219:y:2012:i:1:p:r77-r89
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