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Determinants of Russian Women's Labor Force Participation at or after State Pension Age

Dikhtyar, Oksana A
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3763-642X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1626456584700884

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Gerontology.
Russia’s older population is growing and a projected 24.5% will be aged 60 or older by 2030. Although women live on average 10 years longer than men in Russia, formal retirement age for women is 5 years younger compared to men (55 vs. 60). Since pension amount depends on the length of employment among other factors, this puts women at a disadvantage as their retirement starts 5 years earlier. There is no mandatory retirement in Russia, therefore a person may continue to work after reaching retirement age and receive a salary in addition to their public pension. Despite the potential value of continued employment, women’s labor force participation declines sharply starting at age 55. Women’s earlier exit from the workforce leads to underutilization of women’s skills and risks women’s economic insecurity as they must spread fewer financial resources over longer lives in retirement. The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors associated with Russian women’s retirement timing after reaching formal retirement age. This study used multiple binary logistic regression to examine the relationship between women’s labor force status and their personal and family factors including health, income, education, marital status, spouse/partner’s work status, household size, having/not having children and number of children. This study used data from the Background Questionnaire of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) survey conducted between 2011 and 2014. A sample of 480 Russian women ages 55 and older was analyzed in this study. To examine possible age group differences, preretirement-age Russian women were included in this study. To compare women of pensionable age across social and cultural contexts, a sample of American women of pensionable age was analyzed. For retirement-age Russian women, having highest level of education, living in a larger household, and having spouse or partner in the labor force were positively associated with women’s labor force participation. Women without children were less likely to be in the labor force. In contrast, for pre-retirement-age Russian women, better health was positively associated and living in a larger household was negatively associated with their labor force participation. Like older Russian women, American women of pensionable age with a working spouse were more likely to be in the labor force. Implications for policy and future research were discussed.
Suzanne Kunkel, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Robert Applebaum, Dr. (Committee Member)
Phyllis Cummins, Dr. (Committee Member)
Jing Zhang, Dr. (Committee Member)
112 p.
Aging; Comparative; Social Research

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  • Dikhtyar, O. A. (2021). Determinants of Russian Women's Labor Force Participation at or after State Pension Age [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1626456584700884

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  • Dikhtyar, Oksana. Determinants of Russian Women's Labor Force Participation at or after State Pension Age. 2021. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1626456584700884.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dikhtyar, Oksana. "Determinants of Russian Women's Labor Force Participation at or after State Pension Age." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1626456584700884

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