Gender aspects of the Republic of Moldova’s pension system
3.5. Gender differences in the correlation between the duration of the working life and life on pension
Picture 7. Correlation between the average life expectancy on pension and duration of able-bodied age by sex and country.
Source: Calculations based on the data of the National Statistics Bureau of the Republic of Moldova; calculations based on the data of the International Association of Pension and Social Funds of CIS and Baltic countries.
The correlation between the life expectancy on pension and duration of the able-bodied age differs for men and women. For Moldovan men this correlation is one of the lowest in the world (and amongst the countries presented in the picture 7 it is also the lowest) – about 24%. Such unexpected result is a consequence of low men’s life expectancy on pension and quite high threshold of their retirement age. As for women the correlation between the life expectancy on pension and duration of the able-bodied age is higher than men’s (41%), however it is lower than average international values.
As result the life expectancy on pension for Moldovan population (both women and men) is lower than in many world countries. If compare the life expectancy on pension with the full duration of the life, it is to be mentioned that in the Republic of Moldova the average women actually spend on pension 29% out of their life and men – about 19%. Only the population of Denmark, Poland and Kazakhstan has quite similar indexes for men (19-20%). At the same time the male population from France, Tajikistan and Germany live on pension 26-39% of their life.
As for women the correlation between the life expectancy on pension and duration of the able-bodied age is also quite low. It is enough to mention that in France, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus the women live on pension 35-36% of their life.
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