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Title: Women's Participation in Employer Sponsored Pension Plans at Midlife: A Cohort Comparison
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Farkas, Janice I. |
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Women's Participation in Employer Sponsored Pension Plans at Midlife: A Cohort Comparison Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Benefits; Educational Attainment; Firm Size; Job Status; Life Course; Marital Status; Part-Time Work; Women's Education Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A cohort comparison of women born between 1928-37 and women born between 1944-53 on the likelihood of pension coverage at midlife is conducted. The analysis examines how past and current events that construct the life course trajectory for middle-aged women, ages 35-54, influences the probability of participating in an employer sponsored pension at midlife. The data for the analysis come from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Mature Women and Young Women. The results find that the 1944-53 birth cohort have nearly a 40 percent relative increase in pension coverage compared to the 1928-37 birth cohort. Although differences are observed on the probability of pension coverage between birth cohort by life course trajectories, education, and marital status; increased pension coverage is primarily the result of several exogenous factors--the employee's firm size and the reduced significance of current employment status on pension coverage. |
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Farkas, Janice I. "Women's Participation in Employer Sponsored Pension Plans at Midlife: A Cohort Comparison." Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995. |