Equity in Retirement: Are All Australians Getting a Fair Deal?

Anthony Asher

The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2011, vol. 22, issue 3, 65-84

Abstract: This article evaluates the Australian retirement system using a framework of justice. Justice (alternatively, equity or fairness) is taken as requiring a full consideration of the criteria of needs, equality, liberty and just deserts, as well as matters of efficiency. Inequity occurs when the interests of weaker stakeholders are given inadequate consideration. Applying these criteria suggests that the Australian retirement system intrudes on the liberty of some groups of stakeholders inconsistently and inappropriately in mandating contributions at younger ages particularly, and by the imposition of unnecessarily bureaucratic means tests. It also fails to provide for the incapacitated older aged.

Keywords: Annuitisation; compulsion; equity; fairness; justice; means tests; pensions; superannuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/103530461102200305

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