abstract: 'The Spanish pension system shows important gender differences both in

  the gap in non-coverage rate and in the gap of pension incomes. About 60

  percent of women aged 65 years or over do not have a contributory

  retirement pension. Widowhood pensions play an important role to extend

  the coverage of contributory pensions and reduces the poverty of women.

  These gaps are the consequences of gender differences in employment such

  as salaries, working hours and duration of working life. Also, there is

  a strong cultural component which implies the traditional role of women

  as the caretakers of their families. The Social Security system is

  currently undergoing changes which mainly affect retirement pensions.

  The main effect of the Spanish reforms on pensioners consists in

  lowering pensions and adds to the women''s pensions some negative impacts

  such as the penalization of short work careers and careers with low

  intensity of time worked (part-time and others). Also, the

  sustainability factor based on the life expectancy will affect in

  greater proportion in women than in men. It should be considered

  alternatives measures to reconcile finance sustainability and adequacy

  of pension systems in the context of ageing populations. Policies for

  reducing gender gaps in pay, working hours and career length are,

  likewise, active means of narrowing the gender gap in pensions which

  will contribute to lowering the risks of poverty in women.'
affiliation: 'Montserrat, J (Corresponding Author), Ctr Social Policy Studies, Jerusalem,
  Israel.

  Montserrat, Julia, Ctr Social Policy Studies, Jerusalem, Israel.'
author: Montserrat, Julia
author-email: jmontserratc@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Montserrat
  given: Julia
booktitle: 'PROCEEDINGS OF PENCON 2018 PENSIONS CONFERENCE: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
  OF

  INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS AND PENSION SYSTEMS: A THEORETICAL AND

  EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVE'
da: '2023-09-28'
editor: Chybalski, F and Marcinkiewicz, E
files: []
isbn: 978-83-7283-900-8
keywords: 'gender economics; pensions; public finance; retirement policy; social

  security'
language: English
note: Pensions Conference (PenCon), Lodz, POLAND, APR 19-20, 2018
number-of-cited-references: '15'
orcid-numbers: MONTSERRAT, JULIA/0000-0002-6798-6973
pages: 164-173
papis_id: 3d837b3f08f1132ceabf649172ff75fc
ref: Montserrat2018spanishretirement
researcherid-numbers: MONTSERRAT, JULIA/ABF-8043-2021
times-cited: '0'
title: SPANISH RETIREMENT PENSIONS SYSTEM. GENDER IMPACT ON INEQUALITY AND POVERTY
type: Proceedings Paper
unique-id: WOS:000470276200014
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web-of-science-categories: Business, Finance; Economics
year: '2018'