Gender, pensions and the lifecourse

Reviews / Votes

"When one of Europe's leading authorities on retirement pensions publishes a book of this quality one has to sit up and take notice. Jay Ginn has produced another tour de force." Journal of Social Policy "This book is for anyone who has an interest in the equity issues of pension reform, offering as it does not just a specific analysis on gender but a model for many analyses of a similar nature." Citizen's Income newsletter "... essential reading for all who study and research in social policy, sociology, women's studies, social work and social gerontology." Ageing & Society "... essential reading for all who study and research in social policy, sociology, women's studies, social work and social gerontology." Ageing & Society "Here, at last, is a book that anyone concerned with income inequality, retirement, pensions, care or gender ought to read. It is accessible, scholarly and packed with recent research data. Jay Ginn has produced the definitive text on gender and pensions and it will undoubtedly soon be required reading for policy makers, students and researchers. The implications of her carefully presented argument go well beyond the boundaries of the title and the UK. Indeed, it is a book that has implications for everyone, but particularly every woman, in the EU who hopes, one day to retire from paid work and/or caring responsibilities and on a decent income of their own." Kirk Mann, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds