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The impact of defamilisation measures on gender and pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries

Foster, Liam; Chau, Ruby; Yu, Sam

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Authors

Liam Foster

Sam Yu



Abstract

This article uses individual-based and state-led care-focused defamilisation indices to explore women's employment opportunities and experiences and their implications for pension contributions. These two types of defamilisation indices are applied to eight European countries (Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK) which shows that the UK has less generous defamilisation measures than its European counterparts. It indicates that the use of defamilisation measures along with pension policies which are not based on the male breadwinner ideology have the capacity to moderate economic inequalities between men and women in older age.

Citation

Foster, L., Chau, R., & Yu, S. (2017). The impact of defamilisation measures on gender and pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 25(3), 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982717X14999284090397

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 6, 2017
Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Deposit Date Nov 16, 2019
Publicly Available Date Jan 17, 2020
Journal Journal of Poverty and Social Justice
Print ISSN 1759-8273
Electronic ISSN 1759-8281
Publisher Policy Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 3
Pages 199-217
DOI https://doi.org/10.1332/175982717X14999284090397
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3315886

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