A Life-course Perspective on Retirement Trajectories of Colombia’s Older Workers. The roles of family composition and work-related characteristics in explaining retirement from a gender perspective
(2018) EKHS42 20181Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. Using the Survey on Health, Well- Being, and Ageing (SABE), this study finds that having fewer children does not explain retirement decisions of Colombians. However, women with no children are less likely to retire than women with at least three children because they are more likely to have stable working careers. Regarding work-related... (More)
- The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. Using the Survey on Health, Well- Being, and Ageing (SABE), this study finds that having fewer children does not explain retirement decisions of Colombians. However, women with no children are less likely to retire than women with at least three children because they are more likely to have stable working careers. Regarding work-related factors, this study finds that people working in informal activities are less prone to be retired than formal workers because of their limited access to retirement benefits. Lastly, none of these factors appear to explain the differences in retirement between gender. In fact, most of the difference is accounted by non-compositional factors that may be well explained by the gender inequality in the country. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. Using the Survey on Health, Well- Being, and Ageing (SABE), this study finds that having fewer children does not explain retirement decisions of Colombians. However, women with no children are less likely to retire than women with at least three children because they are more likely to have stable working careers. Regarding work-related... (More)
- The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. Using the Survey on Health, Well- Being, and Ageing (SABE), this study finds that having fewer children does not explain retirement decisions of Colombians. However, women with no children are less likely to retire than women with at least three children because they are more likely to have stable working careers. Regarding work-related factors, this study finds that people working in informal activities are less prone to be retired than formal workers because of their limited access to retirement benefits. Lastly, none of these factors appear to explain the differences in retirement between gender. In fact, most of the difference is accounted by non-compositional factors that may be well explained by the gender inequality in the country. (Less)
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- author
- Aguirre Valverde, María Cristina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHS42 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Colombia, retirement, population ageing, informality, fertility, demographic transition.
- language
- English
- id
- 8951568
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- 2018-06-21 13:42:15
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abstract = {{The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. Using the Survey on Health, Well- Being, and Ageing (SABE), this study finds that having fewer children does not explain retirement decisions of Colombians. However, women with no children are less likely to retire than women with at least three children because they are more likely to have stable working careers. Regarding work-related factors, this study finds that people working in informal activities are less prone to be retired than formal workers because of their limited access to retirement benefits. Lastly, none of these factors appear to explain the differences in retirement between gender. In fact, most of the difference is accounted by non-compositional factors that may be well explained by the gender inequality in the country.}},
author = {{Aguirre Valverde, María Cristina}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A Life-course Perspective on Retirement Trajectories of Colombia’s Older Workers. The roles of family composition and work-related characteristics in explaining retirement from a gender perspective}},
year = {{2018}},
}