abstract: 'The purpose of this special issue is to analyze the unintended gendered

  consequences of European Union policies that may appear to be gender

  neutral. This article explores pensions policy, an issue that entered

  onto the political agenda in recent decades due to demographic trends

  and concerns regarding the financial sustainability of public pensions.

  Consequently, the EU and its member states have implemented a number of

  pension reforms that seek to decrease state responsibility and increase

  individual responsibility. The implications of these seemingly

  gender-neutral reforms are negative for the majority of women, as they

  favor male work patterns and disadvantage female work patterns,

  including part-time and temporary work, as well as time taken out of the

  labor market for caring and other domestic responsibilities. As a

  result, I argue that the current wave of pension reforms in the EU have

  gendered consequences that are particularly negative for the majority of

  women. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: Earles, K (Corresponding Author), 1707 Boylston Ave,Apt 209, Seattle,
  WA 98122 USA.
author: Earles, Kimberly
author_list:
- family: Earles
  given: Kimberly
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2013.02.013
files: []
issn: 0277-5395
journal: WOMENS STUDIES INTERNATIONAL FORUM
language: English
month: MAY-JUN
number-of-cited-references: '27'
pages: 75-82
papis_id: d931edf370a1420d7e7431ba24854da0
ref: Earles2013genderedconsequences
times-cited: '7'
title: The gendered consequences of the European Union's pensions policy
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000319487600008
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '38'
web-of-science-categories: Women's Studies
year: '2013'