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Feeling elated to see "Couples’ Life Courses and Women’s Income in Later Life: A Multichannel Sequence Analysis of Linked Lives in Germany" by @MoehringKatja and me published @ESR_news !!!
➡️academic.oup.com/esr/advance-ar…

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We ask:
Which types of couples' careers emerged in East and West Germany and how are they linked to women's later life incomes? 👵🏻💶
How does the cohort of current pensioners differ from those who are about to enter retirement within the next years?
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Applying Multichannel-Sequence-Analysis (MCSQA) to SHARE-RV data (n=2020), we identify 7 clusters of couples` employment and pension earning point (EP) trajectories. Here, East 🇩🇪 generally favored dual-earners, West 🇩🇪 male-breadwinner and 1.5 earner constellations.
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Combining MCSQA with multivariate regression analyses, we find: While in older cohorts, women in male-breadwinner type clusters achieve the lowest, and those in dual-earner type couples have the highest incomes💶, this relationship does no longer prevail in younger cohorts.
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Taken together, our results reveal polarization of employment histories and increased inequality in younger, labor market active cohorts as compared to older pensioner cohorts. This applies not only to dual-earner couples but also to male-breadwinner constellations.
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Dual-earner clusters polarize along the lines of upwards and downwards mobility 📈↔️📉. As these constellations are predominant in East 🇩🇪, polarization in careers and later life incomes is mainly a consequence of the extensive system transformation post reunification.
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Despite overall gains in educational attainment, male-breadwinner clusters polarize between persistent gendered specialization and constellations in which women increase their labor market engagement in the younger cohort👩🏻‍💼.
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Interested in Couples’ Life Courses and Women’s Income in Later Life: A Multichannel Sequence Analysis of Linked Lives in Germany? Take a look here: academic.oup.com/esr/advance-ar…
#lifecourse #sequenceanalysis #genderpensiongap
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Thanks for funding and support goes to Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (by @die_rente ) and @MZESUniMannheim

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