The Chilean pension system : gender inequalities in contribution densities

dc.contributor.advisorStolp, Chandleren
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKing, Christopher Ten
dc.creatorCumsille Rojas, Belén de la Pazen
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-13T16:19:16Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:29:06Z
dc.date.available2015-11-13T16:19:16Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:29:06Z
dc.date.issued2015-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2015en
dc.date.updated2015-11-13T16:19:16Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractIn 1981, Chile established a defined contribution pension system, replacing the traditional pay-as-you-go system with defined benefits. The new model based on individual capitalization accounts, has generated different patterns of contributions to the individual accounts, mostly associated to labor market trajectories or unemployment. This report focuses on gender disparities in the Chilean pension system by analyzing the determinants of contribution densities for women and men. It explores how labor market trajectories, indicators of employment stability, and socioeconomic characteristics of the household of origin, affect contribution densities in the pension system. The main results confirm the existence of indirect gender inequalities that originate in the labor market and are then transmitted to the pension system. Furthermore, the results clearly support the existence of traditional gender roles with respect to work and family, which ultimately also have an effect on the pension system, through labor market trajectories. Finally, the report finds that mothers' education has an effect on the next generation's contribution densities, the relationship being a transmission of advantages.en
dc.description.departmentPublic Affairsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2T329en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/32427en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectSocial security in Chileen
dc.subjectGender inequalityen
dc.subjectPension systemen
dc.subjectDefined contributionen
dc.subjectContribution densitiesen
dc.titleThe Chilean pension system : gender inequalities in contribution densitiesen
dc.typeThesisen

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