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Women and Retirement Incomes in Australia: A Review*

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: More than 60 per cent of age pensioners in Australia are women. Although public policy encourages private saving for retirement through compulsory superannuation, projections of women's superannuation accumulations predict that women will continue to rely heavily on government and private transfers in retirement. This review synthesises the outcomes from existing research to show that expectations about the level and source of women's retirement incomes are clearly linked with low earnings. This occurs in combination with both attitudinal and institutional barriers to active retirement planning.

Source: Economic Record

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00261.x

Author: THERESE JEFFERSON

Institution: Curtin University

Language: English

Topic: Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Subfield: Accounting

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1975937656

FWCI: 14.09

Cites: 53

Cited by: 40

Related to: 10