Gender Pension Gap in EU Countries: A Between-Group Inequality Approach

Antonio Abatemarco, Elena Lagomarsino and Maria Russolillo ()
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Elena Lagomarsino: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno (I), Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Maria Russolillo: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno (I), Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy

Risks, 2023, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Pension entitlements are influenced by individual career paths and labor market conditions, which often result in gender-based disparities. Women face several challenges during their working lives, such as late entry into the labor market, the gender pay gap, discontinuous working careers, and early retirement due to family caregiving, which lead to lower pension incomes. This paper investigates the gender pension gap in nine European Union countries from 2004 to 2020. Our study adopts a non-parametric estimation strategy that utilizes additively decomposable inequality measures to provide a more informative perspective on gender inequality. We aim to demonstrate that this approach surpasses the standard gender gap in pension index in capturing between-gender inequality in societies. Employing data from the SHARE database, we find that gender inequality in the studied countries is decreasing on average, with a convergence trend observed from 2011 onwards. This study contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the gender pension gap phenomenon, which is crucial for developing effective policy responses in a welfare perspective.

Keywords: gender gap; pension; inequality decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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