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THE GENDER GAP IN PRIVATE PENSIONS
Author(s) -
Bardasi Elena,
Jenkins Stephen P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of economic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8586
pISSN - 0307-3378
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00336.x
Subject(s) - receipt , pension , private pension , economics , demographic economics , differential (mechanical device) , personal income , gender gap , labour economics , economic growth , finance , accounting , engineering , aerospace engineering
In many western countries, older women receive considerably less private pension income than older men on average. We analyse this differential in Britain, examining differences between the sexes both in private pension coverage and in pension income conditional on receipt. Using regression‐based decompositions, we show that both gender gaps are associated mainly with differences in returns to personal characteristics rather than with differences in personal characteristics per se .