| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index. |
| Contents |
Why do social security systems and social security reforms have a gender impact? -- Living arrangements and standards of elderly men and women -- How do we measure the impact of social security systems and reforms? -- Chile -- Argentina -- Mexico -- Gender issues in social security reforms of other regions -- Design features that determine gender outcomes. |
| Summary |
As populations age and revenues diminish, government and private pension funds around the world are facing insolvency. The looming social security crisis is especially dire for women, who live longer than men but have worked less in the formal labor force. This groundbreaking study examines alternative social security systems and their disparate impacts on men and women. Emphasis is placed on the new multi-pillar systems that combine a publicly managed benefit and a mandatory private retirement saving plan. The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform compares the gendered outcomes of social se. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social security.
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Social security. |
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Women -- Pensions.
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Women -- Pensions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Edwards, Alejandra Cox, 1954-
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Wong, Rebeca.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: James, Estelle. Gender impact of social security reform. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226392004 0226392007 (DLC) 2007046726 (OCoLC)176979994 |
| ISBN |
9780226392028 (electronic book) |
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0226392023 (electronic book) |
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9780226392004 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226392007 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611957216 |
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