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Exploring The Gender Effect On Europeans’ Retirement Savings

Exploring The Gender Effect On Europeans’ Retirement Savings This paper investigates whether European women have the same probability of saving for retirement as European men and if driving factors for this saving behavior differ by gender. The evidence is based on a sample of 6,036 individuals from eight European countries (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). The results show that European women are less likely to save for retirement than men, although the determinants of this decision are similar for both genders. Moreover, the results suggest that country-level institutional factors play a more important role on the individual's retirement attitudes than gender differences. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Feminist Economics Taylor & Francis

Exploring The Gender Effect On Europeans’ Retirement Savings

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Taylor & Francis
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© 2015 IAFFE
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1466-4372
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1354-5701
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10.1080/13545701.2015.1005653
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Abstract

This paper investigates whether European women have the same probability of saving for retirement as European men and if driving factors for this saving behavior differ by gender. The evidence is based on a sample of 6,036 individuals from eight European countries (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). The results show that European women are less likely to save for retirement than men, although the determinants of this decision are similar for both genders. Moreover, the results suggest that country-level institutional factors play a more important role on the individual's retirement attitudes than gender differences.

Journal

Feminist Economics – Taylor & Francis

Published: Oct 2, 2015

Keywords: Savings; retirement; gender; Europe; decision; determinants; G23; G18; G11

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