The political economy of derived pension rights
(2010)
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- Derived pension rights exist in most Social Security systems but with variable generosity. They are mainly targeted towards non-working wives and widows and are viewed as a means to alleviate poverty among older women living alone. The purpose of this paper is to explain how they can emerge from a political economy process when the Social Security is a combination of Bismarckian and Beveridgian pillars. It also shows that derived rights tend to encourage stay-at-home wives thus revealing an unpleasant trade-o§ between female labor participation and poverty alleviation.
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Leroux, M.-L., & Pestieau, P. (2010). The political economy of derived pension rights (CORE Discussion Paper 2010/48). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/35772