Gender and age implications of extended working life policies in the US and Ireland
| Autor: | Debra Street, Áine Ní Léime |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pension
Labour economics Working life Population ageing media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050209 industrial relations 0506 political science Age and gender State (polity) 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Economics human activities health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | Critical Social Policy. 37:464-483 |
| ISSN: | 1461-703X 0261-0183 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0261018316666211 |
| Popis: | Policies designed to extend working life and reduce pension costs have been the dominant policy response to population ageing. Such policies include increasing state pension age, flexible working and privatisation of pensions. Despite men’s and women’s typically different work-life trajectories, policymakers have paid little attention to either the differential effects of such policies on the economic well-being of older women and men, or to the implications for diverse groups of women. This article on policy, employment and pension outcomes in the US and Ireland analyses these issues, using a feminist political economy of ageing framework to assess the likely gender implications of these policy trends. It finds that existing and proposed reforms are likely to take what are already poor pension and employment outcomes for many contemporary older women and make them even worse in future. It concludes with suggested policy modifications and future avenues for research. |
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