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UK pension reforms
 — is gender still an issue?
Author(s)Jay Ginn, Ken MacIntyre
Journal titleSocial Policy and Society, vol 12, no 1, January 2013
PublisherCambridge University Press, January 2013
Pagespp 91-103
Sourcejournals.cambridge.org/sps
KeywordsWomen ; Employment ; Sexual equality ; Family care ; Retirement pensions ; Social policy ; Social change ; United Kingdom.
AnnotationIn the past decade gender inequality in pensions has been increasingly recognised as unacceptable. A review by the UK Pensions Commission (2004) confirmed that women's domestic roles are crucial to their pension disadvantage. As a result, measures enacted in the Pensions Acts of 2007 and 2008 have aimed to make state pensions more inclusive for those with periods out of the labour market for family caring, as well as encouraging more saving through private pensions by those with low to moderate earnings. In this article the authors question whether these legislative changes, and subsequent reforms and plans, are likely to reduce future gender inequality in UK pensions. They argue that the benefits to women will be patchy and overall less than expected. They first review the interaction of male-oriented pension schemes with the gendered division of caring labour and how this has changed for later cohorts of women. They then analyse, from a gender perspective, the pension reforms and proposals since 2007. Finally the authors consider policy alternatives that would give women a better deal in pensions and conclude with an assessment of the mixed effects of pension reforms. (JL).
Accession NumberCPA-130322226 A
ClassmarkSH: WJ: TM8: P6:SJ: JJA: TM2: TMH: 8

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