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Informationen zum Autor Bernd Marin is Executive Director of the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna and Eszter Zólyomi is Researcher at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna. Klappentext How different are fe/male life courses! and why? What is good! bad! or best for women under these or probable future circumstances? This book explores the difficulties women face in working life and retirement - and asks what can be done to achieve more gender equality and fairness for women and men. Zusammenfassung How different are fe/male life courses, and why? What is good, bad, or best for women under these or probable future circumstances? This book explores the difficulties women face in working life and retirement - and asks what can be done to achieve more gender equality and fairness for women and men. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Part I Introduction: General trends in pension reform around the millennium and their impact on women! Bernd Marin. Part II General Contributions: A discussion of retirement income security for men and women! Annika Sundén; Women and pensions. Effects of pension reforms on women's retirement security! Elsa Fornero and Chiara Monticone; Poverty amongst older women and pensions policy in the European Union! Asghar Zaidi! Katrin Gasior and Eszter Zólyomi. Part III Single and Comparative Country Studies: Pension system in Poland in the gender context! Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak; The 1.000â'¬ trap. Implications of Austrian social and tax policy on labour supply! Eva Pichler; Women's work and pensions: some empirical facts and figures. Austria in an international comparison! Michael Fuchs; Restricting pre-retirement - what about older women's ability to work?! Raija Gould. Part IV Some Preliminary Conclusions: What is Good! Bad! Best for Women?: Gender equality! neutrality! specificity and sensitivity - and the ambivalence of benevolent welfare paternalism! Bernd Marin. Part V Annex: Some facts and figures on women's lives! work and pensions! Bernd Martin and Eszter Zólyomi (with Silvia Fässler and Katrin Gasior). ...
