Foster, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-842X, Chau, C. and 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). pp. 199-217. ISSN 1759-8281
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.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Policy Press 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits adaptation, alteration, reproduction and distribution without further permission provided the original work is attributed. The derivative works do not need to be licensed on the same terms. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2017 14:11 |
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2017 11:23 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1332/175982717X14999284090397 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Policy Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1332/175982717X14999284090397 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118719 |