Gender Gaps in Pensions in Europe

Abstract

This chapter describes aggregate pension gaps in Europe. Two questions are examined: first, who is a pensioner, a coverage gap; second, how different pensions are for the two genders for those who draw a pension. The latter is the key diagnostic used and is termed the ``Pensioners gender gap in pensions.'' An alternative concept, the ``elderly gender gap in pensions'' is defined over the entire population, that is, includes those with no pensions.