Je zviševanje udeležbe žensk na trgu dela ustrezen ukrep za zagotavljanje vzdržnosti javnofinančnega sistema?

Abstract

Among the measures that could reduce the pressure of aging on the sustainability of public finances is increasing women's participation in the labor market. Men earn more than women in the labor market, while at the same time women perform more services in the form of unpaid household work than men. The article analyzes the differences in women's and men's contributions to the life-cycle surplus, i.e., the positive difference between their income and consumption. Based on the results for 14 EU countries, we find that increasing women's labor force participation is an effective measure only in those countries where the gender income gap remains large even after including unpaid domestic work (e.g., the United Kingdom and Germany). On the other hand, this type of measure is less desirable in Lithuania and Slovenia, where women create more than men when unpaid work is included.

Keywords

• national transfer accounts
• economic independence
• labour income
• consumption
• gender pay gap