Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model

Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model

This paper explores trends and drivers behind the gender gap in pensions (GGP) in Europe, focusing on countries with notionally defined contribution (NDC) schemes: Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. Based on current gender gaps on the labor...

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Main Authors: Lis, Maciej, Bonthuis, Boele
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
GENDER GAP
PENSIONS
NOTIONALLY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
LABOR MARKET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156741556876199964/Drivers-of-the-Gender-Gap-in-Pensions-Evidence-from-EU-SILC-and-the-OECD-Pension-Model
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spelling okr-10986-316252021-05-25T09:23:21Z Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model Lis, Maciej Bonthuis, Boele GENDER GAP PENSIONS NOTIONALLY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION LABOR MARKET This paper explores trends and drivers behind the gender gap in pensions (GGP) in Europe, focusing on countries with notionally defined contribution (NDC) schemes: Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. Based on current gender gaps on the labor market, the paper relates the progressivity of pension systems and the coverage of child care related spells to the GGP. It shows that NDC countries do not stand out as a group compared to other European countries in terms of pension outcomes for women. Nevertheless, NDC countries differ significantly from one another. Choices of indexation of pensions in payment and survivors’ pension options have a strong impact on genderinequalities. Still, labor market differences are the most important driver of the GGP. 2019-05-06T20:44:19Z 2019-05-06T20:44:19Z 2019-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156741556876199964/Drivers-of-the-Gender-Gap-in-Pensions-Evidence-from-EU-SILC-and-the-OECD-Pension-Model http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31625 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper,no. 1917; 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 Europe and Central Asia Europe Italy Latvia Norway Poland Sweden
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topic GENDER GAP
PENSIONS
NOTIONALLY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
LABOR MARKET
spellingShingle GENDER GAP
PENSIONS
NOTIONALLY DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
LABOR MARKET
Lis, Maciej
Bonthuis, Boele
Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Europe
Italy
Latvia
Norway
Poland
Sweden
relation Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper,no. 1917;
description This paper explores trends and drivers behind the gender gap in pensions (GGP) in Europe, focusing on countries with notionally defined contribution (NDC) schemes: Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. Based on current gender gaps on the labor market, the paper relates the progressivity of pension systems and the coverage of child care related spells to the GGP. It shows that NDC countries do not stand out as a group compared to other European countries in terms of pension outcomes for women. Nevertheless, NDC countries differ significantly from one another. Choices of indexation of pensions in payment and survivors’ pension options have a strong impact on genderinequalities. Still, labor market differences are the most important driver of the GGP.
format Working Paper
author Lis, Maciej
Bonthuis, Boele
author_facet Lis, Maciej
Bonthuis, Boele
author_sort Lis, Maciej
title Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model
title_short Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model
title_full Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model
title_fullStr Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model
title_full_unstemmed Drivers of the Gender Gap in Pensions : Evidence from EU-SILC and the OECD Pension Model
title_sort drivers of the gender gap in pensions : evidence from eu-silc and the oecd pension model
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156741556876199964/Drivers-of-the-Gender-Gap-in-Pensions-Evidence-from-EU-SILC-and-the-OECD-Pension-Model
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31625
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