abstract: 'Female old age poverty is affected by family policy reforms which are

  meant to promote gender equality when young. Using our in house agent

  based simulation model IFSIM we show that sharing equally the parental

  leave can increase or reduce poverty among elderly women depending on

  the macro and behavioural (i.e. labour supply) responses that the reform

  off-sets. In general, the reform can be good for highly educated women,

  who will have an incentive to work more full time thanks to their higher

  earnings, which can compensate any loss in household income due to the

  man''s staying home. For lower educated however, work might not pay as

  much and a reduction in labour supply might actually ensue (e.g. to

  reduce childcare costs). This will reduce also their pension rights at

  retirement. Furthermore, keeping men at home might slow down economic

  growth, and consequently growth of income pension accounts will be

  lower. This effect, combined with lower pension contributions (due to

  reduced labour supply), might result in higher poverty rates for women

  with lower education, compared to a scenario where the woman takes the

  whole leave. Other policies, such as more subsidised child care, might

  be an alternative worth considering to reduce female poverty in old age

  more evenly across educational levels. (C) 2010 Society for Policy

  Modeling. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Baroni, E (Corresponding Author), Inst Future Studies, Stockholm, Sweden.

  Baroni, Elisa, Inst Future Studies, Stockholm, Sweden.

  Baroni, Elisa, Natl Univ Galway, Galway, Ireland.'
author: Baroni, Elisa
author-email: elisa.baroni@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Baroni
  given: Elisa
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.12.003
eissn: 1873-8060
files: []
issn: 0161-8938
journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY MODELING
keywords: Welfare and poverty; Pension; Computational techniques; Gender
keywords-plus: SWEDEN
language: English
month: MAR-APR
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '16'
pages: 268-286
papis_id: e762aef3596f74eb88bd886345241a40
ref: Baroni2011effectssharing
times-cited: '3'
title: 'Effects of sharing the parental leave on pensioners'' poverty and gender inequality
  in old age: A simulation in IFSIM'
type: Article
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volume: '33'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2011'