Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
This paper starts from the fact that women receive lower pensions than men on average, and considers policies to address that fact. Women typically have lower wages than men, a greater likelihood of part-time work and more career breaks, and thus g...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/706811556884967325/Gender-and-Family-Conceptual-Overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31650 |
| Summary: | This paper starts from the fact that
women receive lower pensions than men on average, and
considers policies to address that fact. Women typically
have lower wages than men, a greater likelihood of part-time
work and more career breaks, and thus generally a less
complete contribution record. In addition, pension age may
be lower for women and annuities may be priced using
separate life tables for women. The paper looks at three
strategic ameliorative policy directions: policies intended
to increase the size and duration of women’s earnings and
hence improve their contribution records; policies to
redirect resources within the pension system, including for
survivors and after divorce; and ways of boosting women’s
pensions with resources from outside the pension system. |
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