The PPI’s Underpensioned research began twenty years ago with a report launched in November 2003. Since this time the PPI have continued to build upon the influential work in this important area.

A regular series of Underpensioned Index reports have been published by the PPI since 2020 with support and sponsorship from now:pensions.  The longitudinal nature of the Underpensioned series means that it can identify both immediate and longer-term impacts of changes affecting under pensioned groups, helping to support more informed policymaking.

As well as the update of the Underpensioned Index on a two-yearly basis, the Underpensioned series includes off-year reports highlighting particular issues affecting under pensioned groups, and adhoc data analysis produced in order to provide policy evidence for the sponsors of the Underpensioned series, now: pensions, in their policy work.  This is an important part of the PPI’s aims to ensure that policy proposals are based on a solid base of evidence.

This year and previous years reports are listed below.