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author: Elveren, A. Y.
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year: 2013
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title: "A critical analysis of the pension system in Turkey from a gender equality perspective"
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publisher: Womens Studies International Forum
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uri: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2013.04.003
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pubtype: article
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discipline: gender studies
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country: Turkey
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period: 1983-2012
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targeting: implicit
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group: women
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data: Turkstat 2013
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design: qualitative
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method:
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sample:
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unit: individual
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representativeness: national
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causal: 0 # 0 correlation / 1 causal
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theory:
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limitations: no new quantitative results; no robustness checks
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observation:
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- intervention: social security (pensions)
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institutional: 1
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structural: 1
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agency: 0
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inequality: gender
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type: 1 # 0 vertical / 1 horizontal
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indicator: 1 # 0 absolute / 1 relative
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measures: employment (female labour participation rate)
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findings: social security system excludes majority of women, seen as dependents of husbands/fathers (esp in case of house-wives)
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channels: lower access to private pension system; lower wage and shorter paid work life; women lose access to survivor's benefits/widow entitlement when starting work
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direction: -1 # -1 neg / 0 none / 1 pos
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significance: # 0 nsg / 1 msg / 2 sg
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notes: reforms looked at include Civil Code (2001), Labor Law (2003), Penal Code (2004)
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annotation: |
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A qualitative analysis of the impacts of social protection reforms, especially pensions, in Turkey on the gender equality and gender pay gap on in pensions and on the labour market.
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It finds that, while policy efforts are made in the Turkish system to strive toward gender 'neutralization' in law, the gender-blindness of the implementations obstructs genuine equality.
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The social security system still excludes the majority of women, especially those who are seen as dependents of their husbands or fathers (especially house-wives).
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Aside from lower access, women's generally lower wages and shorter paid work lives also lower benefits, especially those from pensions.
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Additionally, while men are subject to means-testing for receiving widowers' entitlements and only receive survivor's benefits until age 18,
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women receive the entitlement until they start working, or are married ---
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another factor which may contribute to a skewed female labour market participation rate.
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