Pension wealth and the gender wealth gap

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We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account employment characteristics of women and men, we are able and identify the extent to which the redistributive effect of pension rights reduces the gap. The empirical basis of this examination is the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), which is one of the few datasets where information on wealth as well as on pension entitlements is collected at the individual level. Pension wealth data is available for 2012 only. Individual level wealth data allows to analyze the gender wealth gap between women and men across all households. Due to the longitudinal character of the underlying data, detailed information on employment trajectories and family related events (such as childbirth, marriage, divorce, widowhood, etc.), which can have an effect on (public) pension entitlements are considered.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 1141

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Social Security and Public Pensions ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Gender Wealth Gap ; pension entitlements ; Germany ; redistribution ; SOEP

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Cordova, Karla ; Grabka, Markus M. ; Sierminska, Eva
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/235760
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET