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International developments in social security privatization — what risk to women?
Author(s)	James H Schulz, Linda Rosenman, Sara E Rix
Journal title	Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 14, no 1, March 1999
Pages	pp 25-42
Keywords	Social security benefits ; Pensions ; Private enterprise ; Social policy ; Older women ; Australia ; United States of America.
Annotation	Throughout the world, older women are generally poorer than men. In an era when social security programmes are increasingly under challenge by advocates of savings and pensions schemes administered by the private sector, there is a need to assess the relative advantages of different public/private approaches for dealing with older women's financial needs. What would happen to women if more of the burden were shifted from public to private sector? This article presents an overview of women's vulnerability in old age, and examines the role of public and private pensions in meeting their income needs. It discusses approaches to social security privatisation and the consequences for women's special circumstances. Finally, the issues and approaches discussed are illustrated by developments in the US and Australia. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-991012214 A
Classmark	JH: JJ: W4D: TM2: BD: 7YA: 7T
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