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The pension mix for women in middle and late life: The changing employment relationship

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Farkas, JI; O'Rand, AM
Published in: Social Forces
January 1, 1998

The effects of life-course, employment and labor market characteristics on the probability of pension participation and on type of pension coverage are estimated for two cohorts of working women in middle and late life, respectively. The National Longitudinal Surveys of Mature and Young Women are used to differentiate the relative importance of life course and diverse structural factors on worker pension participation and employer coverage patterns. The defined contribution plan is argued to be an indicator of the changing employment relationship which is relieving employers of pension liability and increasing workers' responsibilities for retirement saving. Probit regressions are used to estimate the relative risks for nonparticipation in any pension among these working women. Multinominal logistic models, controlling for selectivity, estimate cohort processes in workers' access to employer-provided pension types. The results reveal the relative importance for middle-aged and older women of life course and structural variables that reflect life stage and changing employment relationships. Younger cohorts appear to be relatively more vulnerable to the changing employment contract given their greater dependence on defined contribution plans and the conflict between family and market contingencies.

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Social Forces

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0037-7732

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

76

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1007 / 1032

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1608 Sociology
 

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Farkas, J. I., & O’Rand, A. M. (1998). The pension mix for women in middle and late life: The changing employment relationship. Social Forces, 76(3), 1007–1032. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/76.3.1007
Farkas, J. I., and A. M. O’Rand. “The pension mix for women in middle and late life: The changing employment relationship.” Social Forces 76, no. 3 (January 1, 1998): 1007–32. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/76.3.1007.
Farkas JI, O’Rand AM. The pension mix for women in middle and late life: The changing employment relationship. Social Forces. 1998 Jan 1;76(3):1007–32.
Farkas, J. I., and A. M. O’Rand. “The pension mix for women in middle and late life: The changing employment relationship.” Social Forces, vol. 76, no. 3, Jan. 1998, pp. 1007–32. Scopus, doi:10.1093/sf/76.3.1007.
Farkas JI, O’Rand AM. The pension mix for women in middle and late life: The changing employment relationship. Social Forces. 1998 Jan 1;76(3):1007–1032.
Journal cover image

Published In

Social Forces

DOI

ISSN

0037-7732

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

76

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1007 / 1032

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1608 Sociology