Unequal Ageing in Europe [electronic resource] : Women's Independence and Pensions /
Betti, G.author.
Bettio, F.author.
Georgiadis, T.author.
Tinios, P.author.
While much is known about the situation in the labour market in the form of gender pay and earnings gaps, rather little is understood about their sequel in old age the gender pension gap. Entering the world of pensions may well signal a step backwards as far as women's independence is concerned, particularly in countries where women have earned economic independence in employment and are now being confronted by institutional frameworks presuming, encouraging or even imposing dependence. Unequal Ageing in Europe explores the gender pension gap across the member states of the European Union, plus Iceland and Norway. Employing microdata from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), along with data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), the authors derive key facts regarding pension inequality between women and men. An intuitive indicator for a pension gender gap is derived and contrasted with equivalent indicators for pay and earnings gaps. The authors explore European diversity in a number of dimensions and benchmark their findings against equivalent findings in the US.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; EU Countries' Abbreviations; 1 Women, Old Age, and Independence: Why Investigate Yet Another Gender Gap?; 2 Concepts and Literature; 3 Gender Gaps in Pensions in Europe; 4 The Gender Pension Gap in Europe: Toward Understanding Diversity; 5 Benchmarking the Analysis: Europe, Israel, and the United States; 6 Pension Systems and Pension Disparities; 7 His and Her Pensions: Intra-Household Imbalances in Old Age; 8 Looking Ahead: Pension Reforms and Inequality in Old Age; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Notes; References
Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While much is known about the situation in the labour market in the form of gender pay and earnings gaps, rather little is understood about their sequel in old age the gender pension gap. Entering the world of pensions may well signal a step backwards as far as women's independence is concerned, particularly in countries where women have earned economic independence in employment and are now being confronted by institutional frameworks presuming, encouraging or even imposing dependence. Unequal Ageing in Europe explores the gender pension gap across the member states of the European Union, plus Iceland and Norway. Employing microdata from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), along with data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), the authors derive key facts regarding pension inequality between women and men. An intuitive indicator for a pension gender gap is derived and contrasted with equivalent indicators for pay and earnings gaps. The authors explore European diversity in a number of dimensions and benchmark their findings against equivalent findings in the US.
Sociology.
International economics.
Labor economics.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Personal finance.
Pension plans.
Gender Studies.
International Economics.
Labor Economics.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Personal Finance/Wealth Management/Pension Planning.