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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Main Author: Barr, Nicholas
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/706811556884967325/Gender-and-Family-Conceptual-Overview
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spelling okr-10986-316502021-05-25T09:23:38Z Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview Barr, Nicholas GENDER PENSION GAP GENDER EARNINGS GAP PENSION REFORM ANNUITIES PENSIONS 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. 2019-05-07T20:20:28Z 2019-05-07T20:20:28Z 2019-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/706811556884967325/Gender-and-Family-Conceptual-Overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31650 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper,no. 1916; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic GENDER PENSION GAP
GENDER EARNINGS GAP
PENSION REFORM
ANNUITIES
PENSIONS
spellingShingle GENDER PENSION GAP
GENDER EARNINGS GAP
PENSION REFORM
ANNUITIES
PENSIONS
Barr, Nicholas
Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
relation Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper,no. 1916;
description 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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author Barr, Nicholas
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title Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
title_short Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
title_full Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
title_fullStr Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
title_full_unstemmed Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview
title_sort gender and family : conceptual overview
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/706811556884967325/Gender-and-Family-Conceptual-Overview
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31650
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