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Income mobility in old age in Britain and Germany
- Authors:
- ZAIDI Asghar, FRICK Joachim R., BUCHEL Felix
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 25(4), July 2005, pp.543-565.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Examines the income mobility experienced by older people living in Britain and Germany during the 1990s, and identifies the influential personal attributes and lifecourse events. The analysis uses British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) panel data. The comparative perspective yields insights about the different income experiences of older people in the two markedly different welfare regimes. It is found that old-age income mobility has been more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, and that in both countries its occurrence was strongly associated with changes in living arrangements, with the employment status of co-residents, and with widowhood among women. Unemployment during working life associated significantly with negative late-life income mobility. Among those on low incomes, a high share of income from an earnings-related pension had a significant and positive effect in both countries.
Longer working: imposition or opportunity?
- Authors:
- GINN Jay, ARBER Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 6(2), July 2005, pp.26-35.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
In this paper, attitudes to employment and to alternative uses of time are analysed for British midlife men and women, focusing on changes during the 1990s. Data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) are used to compare the attitudes and perceptions of two cohorts of individuals aged 50-69 to paid employment; and how these vary according to age group, gender, marital status and education. To what extent did new employment and pension policies in the 1990s result in changes in midlife attitudes to paid work?
Who foregoes survivor protection in employer-sponsored pension annuities?
- Authors:
- JOHNSON Richard W., UCCELLO Cori E., GOLDWYN Joshua
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 45(1), February 2005, pp.36-35.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Retirees in traditional pension plans must generally choose between single life annuities, which provide regular payments until death, and joint and survivor annuities, which pay less each month but continue to make payments to the spouse after the death of the retired worker. This article examines the payout decision and measures the share of married retirees with pension annuities who forego survivor protection. The analysis consists of a probit model of the pension payout decision, based on data from the 1992–2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. More than one quarter (28%) of married men and two thirds of married women receiving employer-sponsored retirement annuities declined survivor protection. Men with small pensions and limited household wealth, men in better health than their spouses, and men whose spouses have pension coverage from their own employers are more likely than other men to reject survivor protection. Most workers appear to make payout decisions by rationally balancing the costs and benefits of each type of annuity, suggesting that existing measures to encourage joint and survivor annuities are adequate. However, the growth in 401(k) plans, which are generally not covered by existing laws protecting spousal pension rights, may leave widows vulnerable.
The relationship between pre-retirement earningsand health status in old age: black-white differences
- Authors:
- OZAWA Martha N., CHOI Young
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 38(4), 2002, pp.19-37.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
It is widely believed that people who earned more while they were young tend to be healthier in old age. This article questions whether this generalisation applies equally to black and white elderly people. A multivariate analysis, which included gender, marital status, age, education and number of children raised as control variables, indicated that the level of earnings during people's working lives is not related to the health impairments of black people at the time of retirement or 10 years later, but strongly related to the health impairments of white people.
Sex and gender discrimination within EU pension system
- Author:
- LEITNER Sigrid
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 11(2), May 2001, pp.99-115.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Drawing on the philosophical differentiation between sex and gender, this article focuses on structural mechanisms of gender discrimination within European pension systems. For this purpose, the article distinguishes between two dimensions of the gender category: the work behaviour dimension and the care dimension. It is argued that the differentiation between employment and family work on the one hand and specific living arrangements on the other is structurally implemented within old age security systems. The comparative analysis of pension systems in the 15 EU member states gives an idea about national varieties of structural gender differentiation.
General household survey: results for 2003
- Author:
- OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 213p.,tables
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
The General Household Survey (GHS) is an inter-departmental multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by the ONS collecting information on a range of topics from people living in private households in Great Britain.
Living in Britain: results from the 2002 General Household Survey
- Authors:
- RICKARDS Leicha, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 289p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical data on: households, families and people; housing and consumer durables; marriage and cohabitation; occupational and personal pension schemes; general health, use of health services and hearing; smoking; drinking; contraception; and day care.
Living in Britain: results from the 1998 General Household Survey; an inter-departmental survey carried out by ONS between April 1998 and March 1999
- Authors:
- BRIDGWOOD Ann, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 287p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains statistical data on: households, families and people; housing and consumer durables; marriage and cohabitation; occupational and personal pension schemes; general health, use of health services and hearing; smoking; drinking; contraception; and day care.