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| The impact of the gender pay gap on post-retirement earnings | | Author(s) | Orla Gough |
| Journal title | Critical Social Policy, issue 67, vol 21, no 3, August 2001 |
| Pages | pp 311-334 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Sexual equality ; Remuneration ; Remuneration [elderly] ; Private pensions ; Employment. |
| Annotation | The factors affecting women's earnings during their working years that go on to affect their earnings in retirement are examined. In particular, factors relating to part-time working, career patterns and types of occupation and employment contribute not only keep women's income lower than men's during their working lives, but also lead to a reduced entitlement to benefits from occupational pension schemes after retirement. When the effects of women's greater longevity are also taken into account, a picture emerges of an increasing number of women facing poverty either in old age or in extreme old age. Using data from the Labour Force Survey, the variations in pay between men and women are analysed, and provide results which in turn help to explain differences in post-retirement income. It is argued that occupational pension schemes, most of which were constructed with the needs of the long-serving male breadwinner in mind, could be made more appropriate to the very different needs of female employees in a much more mobile and flexible pattern of employment. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010822202 A |
| Classmark | BD: TM8: WL: JF4: JK: WJ |
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