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Women and retirement incomes in Australia
— social rights, industrial rights and property rights | | Author(s) | Merrin Thompson |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Research Centre - SPRC, University of New South Wales |
| Journal title | SPRC Discussion Paper, no 98, 1999 |
| Pages | 20 pp |
| Keywords | Income [older people] ; Superannuation ; Old persons pensions ; Older women ; Rights [elderly] ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The last decade has witnessed an important shift in public policy concerning retirement incomes, and correspondingly, in the roles of the state and the market in financing provisions for older Australians. The Hawke/Keating Labour Government, which institutionalised compulsory superannuation for most employees, claimed its policies would see superannuation become a primary vehicle for income in later life, and thereby reduce demand for the age pension. This paper forms parts of the theoretical backdrop to a qualitative study of people's plans and perceptions regarding retirement incomes. It starts with a brief history of retirement income provision in Australia, and then discusses the concept of social rights, as developed by T H Marshall. It considers how superannuation is to be conceptualised in terms of rights, particularly for women. It argues that the concept of social right is not applicable to superannuation, based as it is on self-provision and labour market performance. Property and industrial rights have been less accessible to women than to men, but are relevant to the discussion. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990707204 B |
| Classmark | JF: JKH: JJD: BD: IKR: 7YA |
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