Structural Disadvantage: Evidence of Gender Disparities in the Norwegian Pension System

Erika K. Palmer
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Erika K. Palmer: Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, 5007 Bergen, Norway

Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Norway is a world leader in gender equality according to sustainable development performance indicators. This study goes beyond these indicators to investigate systemic economic disadvantages for women, focusing specifically on the Norwegian pension system. System dynamics modeling is used to understand how gender disparity is built into social systems. A significant contributor to the gender inequality in pensions is the difference in lifetime working hours due to childbearing/rearing. There are childcare policies in place to equalize lifetime working hours between the genders; however, these policies require women to conform to the pension system structure and outsource their childcare. The system dynamics modeling illustrates how social investment strategy requires women to conform to a masculine pension system if they want equivalent financial security when they reach retirement.

Keywords: gender inequality; system dynamics; pension; social investment strategy; childcare policy; social sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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