abstract: 'How are gendered work family life courses associated with financial

  well-being in retirement? In this article we compare the cohorts born

  1920-1950 in West Germany and Switzerland, whose adult life courses are

  characterized by similar strong male-breadwinner contexts in both

  countries. The countries differ in that Switzerland represented a

  liberal pension system, whereas Germany represented a corporatist

  protective pension system when these cohorts retired. We therefore

  assess how gendered work family life courses that developed in similar

  male-breadwinner contexts are related to financial well-being in

  retirement in different pension systems. Using data from the SHARELIFE

  survey we conduct multichannel sequence analysis and cluster analysis to

  identify groups of typical work family life courses from ages 20 to 59.

  Regression models estimate how these groups are associated with the

  individual pension income and household income in retirement. Results

  show that women who combined motherhood with part time work and extended

  periods out of the labour force have even lower individual pension

  income in Switzerland compared to their German peers. This relative

  disadvantage partly extends to lower household income in retirement.

  Findings support that male breadwinner policies earlier in life combined

  with liberal pension policies later in life, as in Switzerland,

  intensify pension penalties for typical female work family life courses

  of early motherhood and weak labour force attachment. We conclude that

  life course sensitive social policies should harmonize regulations,

  which are in effect earlier in life with policies later in life for

  specific birth cohorts. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Fasang, AE (Corresponding Author), Humboldt Univ, D-10099 Berlin, Germany.

  Fasang, AE (Corresponding Author), WZB Berlin Social Sci Ctr, Berlin, Germany.

  Madero-Cabib, Ignacio, Univ Diego Portales, Publ Policy Inst, Santiago, Chile.

  Fasang, Anette Eva, Humboldt Univ, D-10099 Berlin, Germany.

  Fasang, Anette Eva, WZB Berlin Social Sci Ctr, Berlin, Germany.'
author: Madero-Cabib, Ignacio and Fasang, Anette Eva
author_list:
- family: Madero-Cabib
  given: Ignacio
- family: Fasang
  given: Anette Eva
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2015.11.003
files: []
issn: 1040-2608
journal: ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH
keywords: 'Retirement; Work-family trajectories; Multichannel sequence analysis;

  Life course; SHARE data'
keywords-plus: 'SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; INEQUALITY; STATE; INCOME; WOMEN;

  TRAJECTORIES; PATTERNS; CAREERS; GERMANY'
language: English
month: MAR
number-of-cited-references: '104'
orcid-numbers: 'Cabib, Ignacio/0000-0002-9918-8562

  Fasang, Anette Eva/0000-0003-4223-8503'
pages: 43-60
papis_id: 8cb5988f7ce42c176c7dd4ec81e1af94
ref: Maderocabib2016genderedworkfamily
researcherid-numbers: 'Cabib, Ignacio/H-5998-2016

  '
times-cited: '53'
title: Gendered work-family life courses and financial well-being in retirement
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000373410800004
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '55'
volume: '27'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2016'