Gender, pensions and the lifecourse : how pensions need to adapt to changing family forms / [electronic resource]
Ginn, Jay,author.
This ground-breaking book examines how shifting gender relations in successive cohorts interact with pension reforms, raising questions about distributional equity in the context of gendered familial responsibilities. New patterns of pension advantage are emerging, influenced by partnership status, parenthood, class and ethnicity.
GENDER, PENSIONS AND THE LIFECOURSE; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Trends in gender relations, employment and pensions; 2. Choice and risk in pensions: gender and class inequalities; 3. Pension prospects for minority ethnic groups; 4. Changing patterns of partnership: divorce and pensions; 5. Impact of motherhood on pension acquisition: differentiation according to education; 6. Gender and pensions in the European Union: towards an independence model?; 7. British pension policy: a gender perspective on alternative rescue plans; References; APPENDIX; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-127) and index.
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This ground-breaking book examines how shifting gender relations in successive cohorts interact with pension reforms, raising questions about distributional equity in the context of gendered familial responsibilities. New patterns of pension advantage are emerging, influenced by partnership status, parenthood, class and ethnicity.
Old age pensions
Old age pensions
Older people
Older women