Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review
More than 60 per cent of age pensioners in Australia are women. Althoughpublic policy encourages private saving for retirement throughcompulsory superannuation, projections of women's superannuation accumulationspredict that women will continue to rely heavily on governmentand private transfers...
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Blackwell Publishing Asia
2005
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| author | Jefferson, Therese |
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| description | More than 60 per cent of age pensioners in Australia are women. Althoughpublic policy encourages private saving for retirement throughcompulsory superannuation, projections of women's superannuation accumulationspredict that women will continue to rely heavily on governmentand private transfers in retirement. This review synthesises the outcomesfrom existing research to show that expectations about the level and sourceof women's retirement incomes are clearly linked with low earnings. Thisoccurs in combination with both attitudinal and institutional barriers toactive retirement planning. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-95392017-09-13T15:54:07Z Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review Jefferson, Therese More than 60 per cent of age pensioners in Australia are women. Althoughpublic policy encourages private saving for retirement throughcompulsory superannuation, projections of women's superannuation accumulationspredict that women will continue to rely heavily on governmentand private transfers in retirement. This review synthesises the outcomesfrom existing research to show that expectations about the level and sourceof women's retirement incomes are clearly linked with low earnings. Thisoccurs in combination with both attitudinal and institutional barriers toactive retirement planning. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9539 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00261.x Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted |
| spellingShingle | Jefferson, Therese Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review |
| title | Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review |
| title_full | Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review |
| title_short | Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review |
| title_sort | women and retirement incomes in australia: a review |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9539 |