PUBLICATIONS Jay Ginn
2012
‘UK Pensions: Is gender still an issue' in D. Lain, W. Loretto and S. Vickerstaff (eds), themed
issue of Social Policy and Society: ‘Rethinking Retirement Incomes: Inequality and Policy
Change in the UK and Anglo Saxon Countries’ (J. Ginn, J. and K. MacIntyre).
‘Temporary exit from employment – a response, Critical Social Policy, 32(4): 707-13 (J
Ginn).
‘Ageing and the economic crisis’ in K. Komp (ed) Ageing in the light of crises: Economic crisis,
demographic change, and the search for meaning’,Working Paper 12/2012 Umea, Sweden: Umea
University (J Ginn) .
2011
‘Unkindest Cuts: Analysing the effects by gender and age [a summary and update] Radical
Statistics 104: 27-9 (J Ginn and S Himmelweit)
2010
‘Gender Relations in the Earliest Societies. Patriarchal or Not?’ Ethical Record, vol 115 (5): 611 (J. Ginn).
‘Funded Pensions; What are they for? An enquiry into their lesser known functions’, OU
FIES website. Also forthcoming in Spokesman Books,
http://www.open.ac.uk/ikd/documents/policy-briefs/ikd-fies-policy-paper-richard-minns.pdf
(R, Minns, J. Ginn and B.Davies)
‘Unkindest Cuts. Analysing the effects by gender and age’ Radical Statistics Special Issue on
the cuts, Autumn, Issue 103: 50-57.
2009
‘Socioeconomic status of older people: Britain and Germany compared’, pp. 218-47 in A.
Walker and G. Naegele (eds), Social Policy in Ageing Societies (J. Ginn, U. Fachinger and W.
Schmahl).
2008
‘Poverty and financial inequality in later life’, chapter 10 in T. Ridge and S. Wright (eds)
Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth: Policies and prospects, Bristol: Policy Press
(J. Ginn).
2006
‘Gender Inequality: Sidelined in British Pension Policy’, chapter 6, pp 91-111 in H.
Pemberton, P. Thane and N. Whiteside (eds) Britain’s Pension Crisis. History and Policy,
Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy (J. Ginn).
‘The future of inequalities in retirement’, chapter in J. Vincent, C. Phillipson and M. Downs
(eds) The Future of Old Age, BSG (D. Price and J. Ginn).
‘Employment and social integration in midlife: Preferred and actual time use across welfare
regime types', Research on Aging, Special Issue edited by J. Gierveld and G. Hagestad, vol
28(6): 669-90 (J.Ginn and J. Fast).
2005
‘Longer working: Imposition or opportunity? Midlife attitudes to work across the 1990s’,
Quality in Ageing 6(2): 26-35 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Las pensiones en un mundo segredado por el genero: Una vision internacional’ (Pensions in a
gendered world: an international overview), chapter 18 in J. Monreal, C. Diaz and J. Escribano
(eds) Viejas Sociedadas, Nueva Sociologica, Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas (J.
Ginn).
‘Gender dimensions of the age shift’, chapter 6.5 in M. Johnson (ed) The Cambridge
Handbook of Age and Ageing, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (S. Arber and J.
Ginn).
2004
‘Ageing and gender. Diversity and change’, lead article in Social Trends 2004, No. 34: 1-14 (S.
Arber and J. Ginn).
'European Pension Privatisation: Taking account of gender', Social Policy and Society, 3(2):
121-32 (J. Ginn).
'Gender and attitudes to retirement in Transitional welfare states', published in French as
‘Reforme des retraites et emploi des personnes de plus de 50 ans’, Retraite et Societe 41: 74101 (J. Ginn).
‘Rentenpolitik in Grossbritannien: Verleugnung und Beschadigung der solidaritat’ in
Generationengerechtigkeit – Inhalt, Bedeutung und Konsequenzen fur die Alterssicherung,
DRV-Schriften Band 51, February: 183-197 [‘UK Pension Policy: Denying and damaging
solidarity’ in Solidarity Among Generations – Contents, Significance and Consequences for
Old-age Security, Report of Symposium of FNA-Jahrestagung, Erfurt, Dec 2003 (J. Ginn).
‘Gender and the relationship between social capital and health’, chapter 8, pp 134-56, in A.
Morgan and C. Swann (eds) Social Capital for Health. Issues of definition, measurement and
links to health, London: Health Development Agency (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Actuarial fairness or social justice? A gender perspective on redistribution in pension
systems’, CeRP Working Paper No. 37/04 (J. Ginn).
http://cerp.unito.it/english/publications/cerp_wp.htm#2004
2003
Gender, Pensions and the Lifecourse. How pensions need to adapt to changing family forms,
Bristol: Policy Press (J. Ginn).
'Pensions and poverty traps: Is saving worthwhile for women?' Journal of Financial Services
Marketing, 7(4): 319-29 (J. Ginn).
'Parenthood, Partnership Status and Pensions: Cohort differences among women' Sociology,
37(3): 495-512 (J. Ginn).
Gender and Ageing: Changing roles and relationships, edited by S. Arber, K. Davidson and J.
Ginn, Buckingham: Open University Press.
'Sharing the crust? Gender, partnership status and inequalities in pension accumulation', chapter
9 in S. Arber, K. Davidson and J. Ginn (eds) Gender and Ageing: Changing roles and
relationships, Buckingham: Open University Press (D. Price and J. Ginn).
‘Changing approaches to gender and later life’, chapter 1 in S. Arber, K. Davidson and J. Ginn
(eds) Gender and Ageing: Changing roles and relationships, Buckingham: Open University
Press (S. Arber, K. Davidson and J. Ginn).
2002
'Do divorced women catch up in pension building?' Child and Family Law Quarterly, 14(2):
157-173 (J.Ginn and D. Price)
'Gender and social protection reforms' pp. 133-9 in H. Sarfati and G. Bonoli (eds) Labour
market and Social Protection Reforms in an International Perspective, Aldershot:
Ashgate/ISSA. Translated into French as ‘Le genre et les reformes de la protection sociale’ pp
173-181 in H. Sarfati and G. Bonoli (eds) Mutations du marche du travail et protection sociale
dans une perspective internationale, Brussels: Peter Lang/ISSA (J. Ginn)
'Degrees of freedom: Can graduate women avoid the motherhood gap in pensions?'
Sociological Research On-line, www.socresonline.org.uk/7/2/ (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Women's Increasing Employment: Implications for women's pensions and pension scheme
design', chapter 7 (pp 79-93) in ISSA (ed) Social Security and Changes in the World of Work,
European Series of the International Social Security Association, No. 28 Social Security
Documentation, June 2002 (English, French and German) (J. Ginn).
2001
Women, Work and Pensions: International issues and prospects, Buckingham: Open University
Press (J. Ginn, D. Street and S. Arber).
‘Engendering pensions: a comparative framework’, chapter 1 (pp 1-10) in J. Ginn, D. Street and
S. Arber (eds) Women, Work and Pensions: International issues and prospects, Buckingham:
Open University Press (J. Ginn, M. Daly and D. Street).
‘Cross-national trends in women’s work’, chapter 2 (pp 11-30) in J. Ginn, D. Street and S.
Arber (eds) Women, Work and Pensions: International issues and prospects, Buckingham:
Open University Press (J. Ginn, D. Street and S. Arber).
‘The demographic debate: a gendered political economy of pensions’, chapter 3 (pp 31-43) in J.
Ginn, D. Street and S. Arber (eds) Women, Work and Pensions: International issues and
prospects, Buckingham: Open University Press (D. Street and J. Ginn).
’A colder pension climate for British women’, chapter 4 (pp 44-66) in J. Ginn, D. Street and S.
Arber (eds) Women, Work and Pensions: International issues and prospects, Buckingham:
Open University Press (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Women’s pension outlook: Variations among liberal welfare states’, chapter 13 (pp 216-235)
in J. Ginn, D. Street and S. Arber (eds) Women, Work and Pensions: International issues and
prospects, Buckingham: Open University Press (J. Ginn, D. Street and S. Arber).
‘From Security to Risk. Pension privatisation and gender inequality’, www.catalyst-trust.co.uk.
‘Third way or Third Class?: Conservative pension policies rebranded under labour’, Critical
Social Policy 21(4): 541-5 (J. Ginn).
'Pension prospects of minority ethnic groups: Variation by gender and ethnicity', British Journal
of Sociology, 52(3): 519-39 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Privatising Pensions: New options and new risks for women’, chapter 13 (pp 287-301) in N.
Gilbert (ed) Researching Social Life, London: Sage (J. Ginn).
‘Pensions for Women of All Ages’, pp 6-18 in All Our Tomorrows (report of a conference
organised by Southwark Pensioners Action Group), London: Eunomia Publications.
‘Inequalities in health-related behaviour among older people’, chapter 2, pp 23-39, in A.Chiva
and D. Stears (eds) Promoting the Health of Older People, Buckingham: Open University Press
(J. Ginn, H. Cooper and S. Arber).
‘Risk of social exclusion in later life: How well do the pension systems of Britain and the US
accommodate women’s paid and unpaid work?’ in International Journal of Sociology and
Social Policy, 21(4/5/6): 212-35 (J. Ginn).
2000
'Personal pension take-up in the 1990s in relation to position in the labour market', Journal of
Social Policy, 29(2): 205-28 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Poverty and Inequality Among Older People in Post-war Britain: the gender dimension’, Revue
Francaise de Civilisation Britannique, 11(1): 101-14 (J. Ginn).
‘Ethnic inequality in later life: variation in financial circumstances by gender and ethnic group’
Education and Ageing, 15(1): 65-83 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Kobiety a reforma systemu emerytalnego na przykladzie wielkiej Brytanii’, Osrodek Informacji
Rady Europy, Central European University (Warsaw), Biuletin nr 2: 19-28 (J. Ginn).
‘Pensions cost of caring’, Benefits, 28 (May/June): 13-17 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
‘Pension Myth-selling and Gender’, Radical Statistics, 74 (Summer): 26-42 (J. Ginn).
Ethnic Inequalities in Health and Smoking Behaviour. The role of social capital and social
support, London: Health Development Agency 2000 (H. Cooper, S. Arber, J. Ginn and C.
Smaje).
Ethnicity, Health and Health Behaviour: a study of older age groups, London: Health
Development Agency 2000 (H. Cooper, S. Arber, T. Daly, C. Smaje and J. Ginn).
'Gendered Meanings of Care Work within Late Life Marital Relationships, 'Canadian Journal
on Aging 19(4): 536-553 (Davidson, K., Arber, S. and Ginn, J.)
1999
'Women's pensions and the impact of privatisation in Britain', pp. 49-74 in INSTRAW (ed)
Ageing in a Gendered World: Women’s issues and identities, Santo Domingo: UN Institute for
Research on Ageing and Women (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Playing Politics with Pension Statistics: Legitimating privatisation', chapter 15, pp 115-123 in
D. Dorling and S. Simpson (eds) Statistics in Society: the arithmetic of politics, London: Arnold
(J. Ginn).
'The Politics of Old Age: the UK', pp. 152-167 in A. Walker and G. Naegele (eds) The Politics
of Old Age in Europe, Buckingham: Open University Press (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Women’s Pension Poverty: Prospects and options for change', chapter 6, pp 75-97 in S. Walby
(ed) New Agendas for Women, Basingstoke: Macmillan (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Changing Patterns of Pension Inequality: the shift from state to private sources', Ageing and
Society, 19(3): 319-342 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Focus on women's pensions', p 11-15 in What's New for Pensioners? The Government's
Pension Proposals. Conference Report, London: NPC.
'Gender, the generational contract and pension privatisation', chapter 8, pp 133-153 in S. Arber
and C. Attias-Donfut (eds) The Myth of Intergenerational Conflict: the state and family across
cultures, London: Routledge (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Gender and career progression', chapter 7, pp 129-140 in S. Balloch et al., Social Services:
Working under pressure, London: NISW (J. Ginn and M. Fisher).
Health-related Behaviour and Attitudes of Older People: Secondary analysis of national
datasets, London: HEA (H. Cooper, J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Physical activity among older people', chapter 5 in H. Cooper, J. Ginn and S. Arber, op. cit. (J.
Ginn).
'Social and structural factors affecting diet and smoking', chapter 6 in H. Cooper, J. Ginn and S.
Arber, op. cit (J. Ginn).
The Influence of Social Support and Social Capital on Health Behaviour, London: HEA (H.
Cooper, L. Fee, S. Arber and J. Ginn)
'Which pensions work for women?' pp 17-22 in L. Roe (ed) Making Pensions Work for
Women, London: Fawcett Society.
1998
'How does part time work lead to low pensions?' chapter 8 in J. O'Reilly and C. Fagan (eds) Part
time Prospects, London: Routledge (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Older Women in Europe: East follows West in the feminisation of poverty?', in Ageing
International, 24(4): 101-22 (J. Ginn)
'Older people's health and health-promoting behaviour', Generations Review, 8(1): 15-16 (J.
Ginn).
'Inequalities in older people's health behaviour: Effect of structural factors and social
relationships', Journal of Contemporary Health, special issue (7) on Health Inequalities: 77-82
(J. Ginn, S. Arber and H. Cooper)
'Health and illness in later life', in D. Field and S. Taylor (eds) Sociological Perspectives on
Health, Illness and Health Care, Blackwell (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
1997
'Balancing Home and Employment: Stress experienced by social services staff', Work
Employment and Society, 11(3): 413-34 (J. Ginn and J. Sandell).
Researching Older People's Health Needs and Health Promotion Issues, London: Health
Education Authority (J. Ginn, S. Arber and H. Cooper).
'Gender and Older Age', chapter 11 in M. Bernard and J. Phillips (eds) The Social Policy of Old
Age, London: Centre for Policy on Ageing (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Les contrats entre generations et entre sexes sont-ils preserves ou menaces par la privatisation
des retraites?', Retraite & Societe, 20: 40-61.
'Informal caregivers for elderly people', pp. 347-358 in C. Ungerson and M. Kember (eds)
Women and Social Policy. A Reader, London: Sage (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
The Northern Ireland Social Services Workforce in Transition, London: NISW (W. McConkey,
S. Balloch, T. Andrew, B. Davey, L. Dolan, J. Ginn, J. McLean and J. Pahl).
Work Histories of Social Services Staff, London: NISW (J. Ginn, J. McLean, T. Andrew and S.
Balloch).
1996
'Gender, age and attitudes to retirement in midlife', Ageing and Society, 16: 27-55 (J. Ginn and
S. Arber).
'Feminist Fallacies: a reply to Hakim on women's employment', British Journal of Sociology,
47(1): 167-74 (J. Ginn et al).
'Citizens' pensions and women', Citizen's Income Bulletin No. 21, February: 10-12 (J. Ginn).
'Grey Power: Age-based organisations' response to structured inequalities', chapter 7 in D.
Taylor (ed) Critical Social Policy: a Reader, London: Sage (J. Ginn).
'Patterns of Employment, Pensions and Gender: the effect of work history on older women's
non-state pensions', Work Employment and Society, 10(3): 469-90 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Part time employees: Volunteers or pressed women?', Radical Statistics, 62: 26-7 (J. Ginn).
'Gender, Career progress and qualifications', pp. 17-26 in N. Connelly (ed), Training Social
Services Staff: Evidence from new research, London: National Institute for Social Work (J.
Ginn).
1995
'Exploring Mid-life Women's Employment', Sociology, 29(1): 1-22 (J.Ginn and S. Arber).
'The Mirage of Gender Equality: Occupational Success in the Labour Market and Within
Marriage', British Journal of Sociology, 46(1): 21-43 (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'Gender Differences in Informal Caring', Health and Social Care in the Community, 3: 19-31 (S.
Arber and J. Ginn).
'Relationship between home and working life', chapter 5 in S. Balloch, T. Andrew, J. Ginn, J.
McLean, J. Pahl and J. Williams, Working in the Social Services, London: National Institute for
Social Work (J. Ginn).
'Gender differences in the relationship between paid employment and informal care, Work,
Employment and Society, 9(3): 445-71 (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
Connecting Gender and Ageing: a sociological approach, Milton Keynes: Open University Press
(S. Arber and J. Ginn, eds).
'"Only Connect": Gender relations and ageing', chapter 1 in S. Arber and J. Ginn (eds)
Connecting Gender and Ageing: a sociological approach, Milton Keynes: Open University Press
(J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Choice and constraint in the retirement decisions of older married women', chapter 7 in S.
Arber and J. Ginn (eds) Connecting Gender and Ageing, Buckingham: Open University Press
(S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'Moving the Goalposts: the impact on British women of raising their state pension age to 65',
chapter 11, pp. 186-212, in Social Policy Review No. 7, London: Social Policy Association (J.
Ginn and S. Arber).
Working in the Social Services, London: NISW (Balloch, Andrew, Ginn, McLean, Pahl and
Williams).
1994
'Heading for Hardship: How the British pension system has failed women', Chapter 13, pp 21634 in S. Baldwin and J. Falkingham (eds) Social Security and Social Change: New Challenges
to the Beveridge Model, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Gender and Pensions in Europe: Current trends in women's pension acquisition', Chapter 3, pp.
57-84 in P. Brown and R. Crompton (eds) A New Europe: Economic Restructuring and Social
Exclusion, London: UCL Press, (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Linking Family Data in the General Household Survey: Mid-life Women's Employment
Contextualised' in General Household Survey Newsletter, No 13, Colchester, ESRC Data
Archive (J. Ginn).
'Midlife Women's Employment and Pension Entitlement in Relation to Coresident Adult
Children', Journal of Marriage and the Family, November: 813-9 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Women and Aging', Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 4(4): 93-102 (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'Women's Independent and Derived Pensions Compared in Britain and Denmark', pp 130-60 in
H. Peemans-Poullet and J.Carton de Tournai (eds), L'Individualisation des Droits dans le
Secteur des Pensions des Travailleurs Salaries, Brussels: Universite des Femmes, 1994 (J. Ginn
and S. Arber).
'Statistics: a gendered agenda', Radical Statistics, 58: 2-14 (J. Ginn and P. Dugard).
1993
'No Jam Tomorrow: Why women are disadvantaged in occupational pensions', pp. 270- 86,
Exemplar C in Chapter 13 in N. Gilbert (ed.) Researching Social Life, London: Sage (J.Ginn).
'Gender and Inequalities in Health in Later Life', in M. Stacey and V. Olensen (eds), Social
Science and Medicine, special issue on 'Women, Men and Health', 36(1): 33-46 (S. Arber and
J. Ginn).
'The Gendered Resource Triangle: Health and Resources in Later Life', pp. 29-56 in S. Platt, H.
Thomas, G. Williams and S. Scott (eds.) Locating Health: sociological and historical
explanations, Aldershot: Avebury, (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'Pension Penalties: the gendered division of occupational welfare', in Work, Employment and
Society, 7(1): 47-70 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Older Women's Working Lives: Household Ties or New Employment Opportunities?' in G.
Dunne, R. Blackburn and J. Jarman (eds), Inequalities in Employment, Inequalities in Home
Life, Cambridge: Sociological Research Group (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Class, caring and the life course' in S. Arber and M. Evandrou (eds) Ageing, Independence and
the Life Course, London: Jessica Kingsley (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'Pension Statistics Ignored', Radical Statistics, No. 53: 13-15 (J. Ginn).
'Grey Power: Age-based organisations' response to structured inequalities', Critical Social
Policy, 13(2):23-47 (J. Ginn).
'Vanishing Trick: How to make married women disappear from pension statistics', Radical
Statistics, no. 54: 37-43 (J.Ginn).
'Cultural Stereotypes of Older Women', Chapter 13, pp. 60-67 in J. Johnson and R. Slater (eds)
Ageing and Later Life, London: Sage/Open University (J. Ginn).
1992
'In Sickness and in Health: Caregiving, Gender and the Independence of Elderly People', pp. 86105 in C. Marsh and S. Arber (eds.), Families and Households: Divisions and Change, London:
Macmillan, (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'The Transmission of Income Inequality: gender and non-state pensions', pp. 63-83 in K.
Morgan (ed.) Gerontology: Responding to an Ageing Society, Jessica Kingsley publications, (J.
Ginn and S. Arber).
'Gender and Resources in Later Life', Sociology Review, 2(2): 6-10 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Elderly People Living Alone: the relation of social and material resources to service use', pp
112-136 in F. Laczko and C. Victor (eds.) Social Policy and Older People: Community care in
the 90s, Aldershot: Avebury, (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Towards Women's Independence: pension systems in three contrasting European welfare
states', Journal of European Social Policy, 2(4)): 255-77, (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
'Class and Caring: a Forgotten Dimension', Sociology, 26(4): 619-34 (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
1991
'The Invisibility of Age: Gender and Class in Later Life', Sociological Review, 39(2): 260-291,
(S. Arber and J. Ginn).
'Gender, Class and Income Inequalities in Later Life', British Journal of Sociology, 42(3): 369396 (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Gender and Later Life: a Sociological Analysis of Resources and Constraints, London: Sage, (S.
Arber and J. Ginn).
1990
'The Meaning of Informal Care: gender and the contribution of elderly people', Ageing and
Society, 10(4): 429-54 (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
Academic Conference Papers
2011
European Sociological Association Conference, September 7-10, Geneva, ‘Age of Austerity. On
whom does the axe fall hardest in the UK?’ (J Ginn and S, Himmelweit).
ESRC Seminar Series on ‘Retirement Incomes and Planning’, May 6th, London, Invited paper
on ‘Is Gender Still an Issue for UK Pensions? (J Ginn)
Radical Statistics conference, ‘Cuts and Corporations’, February 26th, Leeds, ‘Unkindest Cuts:
Analysing the effects by gender and age’ (with S. Himmelweit)
WCGT Roundtable, February 25th, Leeds University, Presentation ‘Moving the SPA Goalposts
for Women: the broader context’.
Kent University Teach-In, ‘Alternative Visions of the Economy’, March 16th, Canterbury.
Presentation ‘Effect of the Cuts on Women’.
2010
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Equal Opportunities for
Women and Men, Paris, March 25th, invited presentation ‘Decent Pensions for Women. What
works to reduce inequality, improve prospects?’
2009
European Sociological Association Conference, Sept 2-5, Lisbon, Ageing in Europe Research
Network, ‘Gender Effects of European Pension Reforms’.
Radical Statistics Conference on Ageing Societies: Are we prepared?, Oxford, March 7th,
‘’Plunging Pensions and the Credit Crunch’.
2007
Royal Statistical Society Conference, Radical Statistics fringe meeting, York University.
Invited paper, ‘Pensions, Poverty and Political Statistics’, July 19th 2007.
2006
Divazine/HIG conference, ‘Pensions male/female: Equal pensions or equal incomes?
Invited talk on ‘Gender-Equal Treatment – Unequal Outcomes’ Brussels Feb 17th 2006
Radical Statistics Annual Conference, paper on ‘Must Poverty be Politicised?’ Hathersage,
March 3 2006.
Council of Europe Gender Parity Group, hearing on the feminisation of poverty, invited talk
on ‘Older Women’s Poverty. How pension design contributes’, Paris March 10 2006.
Iowa City University, invited lecture on ‘Impact on women of pension systems crossnationally’ March 28th 2006. (course: Social Construction of Old Age)
Iowa City University, invited lecture on ‘Gender, class and ethnic differences in economic
resources of older adults’ March 28th 2006. (course: Aspects of Aging)
European Comparative Research on Ageing Conference, Vechta, Germany. Invited plenary
speaker on ‘Pension Poverty: Who is vulnerable and why?’ June 23-4th 2006.
Conference on the Situation of Ageing Persons, Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Paris. Invited plenary speaker on
‘Gender Inequality in Pensions: Sources and Solutions’, Sept 13th 2006.
Symposium on Constructions of Women’s Age in the Economy, Vienna University of
Economics and Business Administration. Invited plenary speaker on ‘Women’s Pensions:
Through family, state and market’, October 30-31 2006.
2005
British Academy Symposium on Past and Present: Solving Britain’s pensions crisis, invited
paper on ‘Gender Inequality in British Pensions. Towards a fairer system’, London, June 15.
2004
Independent Pensions Research Group. Invited talk on ‘Women and Pensions: Parenthood,
partnering and generation’, London, Jan 10th 2004.
Swedish Sociological Association Annual Conference. Invited talk on 'Pensions in a Gendered
World: an international overview', Stockholm, Feb 5-6, 2004.
Radical Statistics Annual Conference, London, invited talk on ‘Denying and disrupting
solidarity: UK pension privatisation, London, Feb 28th 2004.
Pepper Institute on Aging, Florida State University, Tallahassee, invited lecture on 'Pensions in
a Gendered World: an international overview', March 4th, 2004.
First International Elected Women’s and Equal Opportunities Expo. Invited talk in seminar on
Welfare for Women: ‘Pensions in a Gendered World. An international overview’ Turin, March
13th 2004.
CeRP fifth annual conference: How much Redistribution in Pension Systems?. Invited talk on
‘Actuarial fairness or social justice? A gender perspective on redistribution in pension
systems’ Turin University, June 25th 2004.
British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference,. Paper presented ‘Reversing the trend to
early exit in Britain. Did midlife attitudes change during the 1990s?’ Roehampton, September
9-10 2004.
2003
Financial Markets Group Seminar on government Green Paper Cm 5677, London School of
Economics, March 4th 2003, invited panel speaker on 'Women, Work and Pensions'.
International Research Conference on Social Security, Antwerp, May 5-7 2003. Paper
presented on 'Retirement timing: An international comparison of gendered priorities' .
European Sociological Association Biennial International Conference, Murcia Sept 22-27
2003. Invited plenary paper 'Pensions in a Gendered World: an international overview'.
European Sociological Association Biennial International Conference, Murcia Sept 22-27
2003. Paper presented in Ageing stream 'Preferences and Policies: Gendered attitudes to
retirement in contrasting welfare states' .
Gender Research Forum Conference on Equality and Diversity, London, paper on ‘Public
convergence, private stasis? Comparing the gender division of paid and unpaid work in
midlife cross-nationally’ Nov 3rd 2003.
ESDS conference on Social and Demographic Change in Britain: Informing the future,
London, paper on ‘Pension Prospects of Minority Ethnic Groups: Variation by gender and
ethnicity’ Dec 1st 2003.
Annual Symposium of the Research Network on Pensions//Federation of German Pension
Insurance Institutes. Invited talk on ‘UK Pension Policy: Denying and damaging solidarity’,
Erfurt, Germany, Dec 5th 2003.
2002
Kings College London Debate on Care in the 21st Century: How can older people exert more
choice and control?, March 12th, 2002. Invited presentation 'Older people's choice and
control in relation to financial resources'.
Health Development Agency Conference on Social Action for Health and Wellbeing, London,
June 20-21 2002. Paper presented on 'Gender and the relationship between social capital and
health'.
International Symposium on Reconceptualising Ageing and Gender, University of Surrey,
June 25-7 2002. Paper entitled ‘Rethinking sex and gender roles over the lifecourse:
Implications for EU pension systems’.
World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane July 7-13 2002, RC19, session 8. Paper entitled
‘Pension Consequences of Divorce for Women’ (J. Ginn, presented by Sara Arber).
Northern Pensions Conference, Newcastle, July 12-14 2002. Invited workshop speaker,
'Women and Pensions: Can women escape the pensions poverty trap?'
European Forum on Population Ageing Research, Quality of Life Workshop, Heidelberg,
Sept 9th 2002. Invited workshop speaker on 'Ageing and Economic Resources'
British Society for Gerontology Conference, Birmingham, Sept 13th. 2002. Invited plenary
paper ‘Change and Continuity in Pension Inequalities. Parenthood, partnership and private
pensions’
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, Wassenaar, Netherlands, Oct 31st 2002. Invited
talk entitled ‘Great Expectations – conflicting roles and unequal choices of older adults’
2001
ISA RC28 conference, Mannheim, April 26-29 2001. Paper entitled ‘Who are the losers?
Differential effects of pension privatisation’.
ESA biennial conference, Helsinki, Aug 28-Sept 2 2001. Paper entitled 'Parenthood and
Pensions: Cohort differences in the impact of motherhood on private pension acquisition'.
Cambridge Social Stratification Seminar, Sept 17-19 2001. Paper entitled 'The Motherhood Gap
in Pensions: Differential effects of qualifications'.
Social Policy Association seminar, Sept 21st 2001, London Guildhall University. Invited paper
entitled 'Gordon's Guys and Darlings's Dolls: Gendered pension policy under New Labour'.
Family Law Bar Association Conference, Oct 13th2001, London. Invited paper entitled 'Do
divorced women catch up in pension building?'
International Social Security Association European Regional Meeting, Nov 22-23 2001,
Dresden. Invited keynote speaker on 'Women's Increasing Employment: Implications for
women's pensions and pension scheme design'.
2000
Seminar on Women, Work and Pensions, March 24th, Purdue University, Lafayette, US. Invited
paper presented on ‘Trends in women’s paid and unpaid work: the pension effects’ (J. Ginn).
Cambridge Social Stratification Seminar, Sept 21-22. Paper presented on ‘A Tale of Two
Liberal States: Pension implications of the relationship between women's employment and
family responsibilities’ (J. Ginn).
CSP/SPA Conference on In and Beyond New Labour: Shaping Welfare Futures, Nov 18th 2000,
London. Invited introduction to workshop on older people, paper entitled ‘Out With the Old: Do
New labour’s pension and care policies meet older people’s needs?’
ISSA/LSMP Roundtable of Authors, Brussels Nov 20-21st 2000. Presentation on ‘Gender and
Social Protection Reforms’.
1999
World Congress of Gerontology, July 7-11, Berlin. Paper presented; 'Pension Income of Older
People in Minority Ethnic Groups: Variation by gender and ethnicity' (J. Ginn and S. Arber)
Social Policy Association Conference, July 20-22, Roehampton. Paper presented; 'Pension
Prospects of Minority Ethnic Groups: Variation by gender and ethnicity' (J. Ginn and S. Arber)
Cambridge Social Stratification Seminar, Sept 23-4, Cambridge. Paper presented; 'Pension
Prospects of Minority Ethnic Groups: Variation by gender and ethnicity' (J. Ginn and S. Arber) '
Older Women's Network (Europe) conference, Oct 20-23rd, Egmond-aan-Zee, Amsterdam,
Netherlands on Older Women and Social Exclusion: Issues, Empowerment, Action. Invited
paper presented in stream on Social Protection: Challenging Poverty in Retirement, 'The Gender
Gap in Pensions: Origins and prospects' (J. Ginn).
GHS Group meeting, Nov 5th, RSS London. Invited paper presented, 'Shifting Sands: Using the
GHS to measure trends in older people's income sources' (J. Ginn).
International Conference on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the Polish New
Pension System, Nov 22nd, Warsaw. Invited paper presented on ‘Women and Pension Reform:
the British case’ (J. Ginn).
British Society for Gerontology Conference, September 18-20, Sheffield. Paper presented;
'Healthy, Wealthy or Wise: Which is most important in influencing physical activity among
older people?' (J. Ginn, S. Arber and H. Cooper).
1996
Conference on Training Social Services Staff, NISW, April 24th. Paper presented on
'Qualifications, Gender and Career Progression' (J. Ginn).
International Conference on Equal Pay in a Deregulated Labour Market, June 7-8, Middlesex
University. Paper presented 'Getting Unequal: Gender, flexible employment and career
development' (J. Ginn).
British Home Care Workers Conference, June 20th, Hillingdon Social Services Department,
invited paper presented on 'Home care Workers: Valuing this resource' (J. Ginn).
Social Policy Association Annual Conference, July 16-18, Sheffield Hallam University. Paper
presented on 'Part time employment and pensions: Implications of the changing mix of
European welfare' (J. Ginn).
Part Time Prospects Seminar, September 13-15, 1996, Wissenschaftzentrum, Berlin. Paper
presented on 'Why does part time work lead to poverty in later life?' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1998
Data Archive Health Data Workshop, March 12th, Resource Centre, London. Paper presented;
'Researching the health promotion behaviour of older people using the HSE' (J. Ginn).
International Sociological Association Conference, July 26th-August 2nd, Montreal. Paper
presented; 'Generational and Gender Contracts: Implications for pension policy' (J. Ginn and S.
Arber).
Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference, August 19-21, San Francisco. Paper
presented; 'Generational and Gender Contracts: Implications for pension policy' (J. Ginn and S.
Arber).
American Sociological Association Conference, August 21-25, San Francisco. Paper presented;
'Prospects for Women's Pensions: the impact of privatisation' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Work Employment and Society Conference, September 14-16, Cambridge. Paper presented;
'Women's Employment and Private Pension Arrangements: the effect of marital status and age
at widowhood' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
British Society for Gerontology Conference, September 18-20, Sheffield. Paper presented;
'Healthy, Wealthy or Wise: Which is most important in influencing physical activity among
older people?' (J. Ginn, S. Arber and H. Cooper).
1996
Conference on Training Social Services Staff, NISW, April 24th. Paper presented on
'Qualifications, Gender and Career Progression' (J. Ginn).
International Conference on Equal Pay in a Deregulated Labour Market, June 7-8, Middlesex
University. Paper presented 'Getting Unequal: Gender, flexible employment and career
development' (J. Ginn).
British Home Care Workers Conference, June 20th, Hillingdon Social Services Department,
invited paper presented on 'Home care Workers: Valuing this resource' (J. Ginn).
Social Policy Association Annual Conference, July 16-18, Sheffield Hallam University. Paper
presented on 'Part time employment and pensions: Implications of the changing mix of
European welfare' (J. Ginn).
Part Time Prospects Seminar, September 13-15, 1996, Wissenschaftzentrum, Berlin. Paper
presented on 'Why does part time work lead to poverty in later life?' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1997
Social Policy Association Annual Conference, July 15-17, Lincoln University. Paper presented
on 'The changing pensions mix: effect on gender and class inequalities over time' (J. Ginn and
S. Arber).
American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 9-13, Toronto. Paper presented
to Round Table Session on 'Women and Pensions: a cross national comparison (J. Ginn and D.
Street).
European Sociological Association Biennial Conference, August 27-30, University of Essex.
Paper presented, 'Generational and gender contracts: Preserved or threatened by public pension
retrenchment?' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
British Society for Gerontology Annual Conference, Sept 19-21, Swallow Hotel, Bristol. Paper
presented, 'Changing patterns of pension inequality in later life', (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Cambridge Social Stratification Seminar, Sept 23-24, Clare College, Cambridge. Paper
presented, 'Who took the bait? Personal pension take-up in the 1990s' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1995
Annual Conference of Sociology Department, Surrey University, Bournemouth, March 5th.
Workshop paper on 'Contract Research: Connecting personal career and labour market context'
(J. Ginn).
NISW and LGMB Conference, London, April 24th, on 'A Force for the Future: Researching and
Planning the Social Services Workforce'. Paper presented: 'Careers in social services' (J. Ginn
and T. Andrew).
NISW and AMA Conference, London, June 20th, on 'Stress at Work: Issues affecting the
Mental and Physical Health of Social Services Staff'. Paper presented: 'Stress from work and
home among social services staff' (J. Ginn).
Social Policy Association Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, July 18-19. Paper
presented: 'Balancing Paid and Unpaid work: Role strain among social services staff' (J. Ginn).
European Sociological Association Biennial Conference, Budapest, Aug 30-Sept 3. Paper
presented 'Patriarchy and Pensions: Gendered incentive structures in European social security'
(J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Social Research Association Seminar, Policy Studies Institute, July 24th. Paper presented:
'Handling and analysing work history data' (J. Ginn).
European Sociological Association Conference, Budapest, August 29th-Sept 1st. Paper
presented: 'Patriarchy and Pensions: Gendered incentive structures in European social security',
(J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1994
Older Women in Europe, Conference organised by DaneAge Association, Copenhagen,
February 24-27th, paper presented: 'Grey Power, Gender and Class' (J.Ginn).
Work Employment and Society Conference, University of Kent, Sept 11-14, paper presented:
'Work Histories and Occupational Pension Income of Older Women and Men' (J. Ginn and S.
Arber).
British Society for Gerontology Annual Conference, Sept 16-18, paper presented: 'Gender
Relations in Later Life: Continuity or Change?' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1993
British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Colchester, April, paper
presented; 'Women and Occupational Success: From public to private patriarchy' (S. Arber and
J. Ginn).
GHS User Group, London, May 28th, paper presented; 'Older Married Women's Employment:
Influence of Household Circumstances' (J. Ginn).
Social Policy Association Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, July 13-15th, paper
presented; 'Adult Children and Women's Employment in Mid-Life', (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Social Policy Association Annual Conference, University of Liverpool, July 13-15th, paper
presented; 'Informal Caring and Women's Employment' (S. Arber and J. Ginn
British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, University of East Anglia, September 1719th, paper presented: 'Gender and Attitudes to Retirement' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1992
British Sociological Association Conference, University of Kent, Canterbury, April, paper
presented; 'Gender and Pensions: three European welfare states compared' (J. Ginn and S.
Arber).
First European Conference of Sociology, Vienna, August 26-29th, paper entitled 'European
Pension Provision and Women's 'Non-standard' Patterns of Employment' outlined to the Gender
Relations in the Labour Market Research Group, (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Social Stratification Seminar, Cambridge, September 9-10th, paper presented; 'Older Women's
Working Lives: Household Ties or New Opportunities?'
International Conference 'Social Security 50 years after Beveridge', York, September 27-29th,
paper presented; 'Heading for Hardship: How the British pension system has failed women', (J.
Ginn and S. Arber).
Critical Social Policy Conference, London, October 24th, paper presented; 'Grey Power, Class
and Gender' (J. Ginn).
1991
British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester, paper
presented; 'Gender and Later Life: Resources and constraints' (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
Resources Within Households Study Group, London School of Economics, paper presented;
'Gender and Inequalities in Resources in Later Life', (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Manchester UMIST, paper presented; 'Class
and Caring: Inequalities in caring for elderly people' (S. Arber and J.Ginn).
Social Stratification Seminar, Cambridge, September, paper presented; 'Pension Penalties Gender and Occupational Pensions', (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1990
British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford, paper
presented; 'The Invisibility of Age: Gender and Class in Later Life', (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Bath University, July, paper presented; 'Fragile
Caring Units: Elderly spouses and siblings as co-resident carers' (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, September, University of Durham, paper
presented; 'Elderly People Living Alone: The relation of social and material resources to service
use' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1989
GHS User Group Meeting, July, University of London Computing Centre, paper presented;
'Analysing the GHS at ULCC', (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group, September 15-17th, Manchester
Polytechnic, 'Age and Ageing, Care and Caring' (S. Arber and J. Ginn).
British Society of Gerontology, Nottingham University, September 'Gender, Class and Income
Inequality in Later Life'(J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Media dissemination
2008, March 9th, took part in German TV film on pensions mis-selling as UK expert giving
background to evidence on those who lost their occupational or personal pensions.
2004, Jan 29-31 following publication of lead article ‘Ageing and gender. Diversity and
change’ , Social Trends 2004: 1-14.
 BBC Six o’clock News (29th)
 Radio Five Live Midday News (29th)
 Asian Network (29th)
 BBC Radio Scotland (30th)
 BBC Radio Five Live Drivetime (30th)
 Saga Radio East Midlands (31st)
Guardian (30th: 13)
‘Divorced women ‘face poverty at 65’
Guardian Unlimited (web, 30th)
‘Divorced women ‘face poverty at 65’
Daily Telegraph (30th : 8)
‘Weddings fall to a record low as couples cohabit’
Daily Mirror (30th :17)
‘Divorcees’ pension poverty’
Daily Mail (30th: 34)
‘The lonely divorcees’
The Times (30th: 34)
‘Older divorcees are the poorest’
Western Daily Press (30th): 11)
‘The sad state of a nation’
Western Daily Press (31st :22/3)
‘Why pensions time bomb will strike divorced women hardest’
The Scotsman (30th:12)
‘Pension trap for divorced women’
Northern Echo, Darlington(30th: 3) ‘Divorced women’s pension poverty’
Huddersfield Daily Examiner(30th:5) ‘Poverty threat warning’
Shropshire Star (29th: 7)
‘Pensions gap after split ups reported’
Ipswich Evening Star (Feb 2: 16)
‘More than 25% households don’t have any savings’
Aberdeen Press and Journal (30th) ‘Divorced women’s pensions poverty’
Generation and Renewal (31st)
2003, July 7-12, following ESRC Press Release 'New Evidence of Women's Pension
Disadvantage' summarising findings of completed research project on gender and pensions.
 BBC Today Programme, Radio 4
(July 7th)
 BBC Working Lunch
(July 7th)
 Interview with Radio Kent
(July 7th)
 Interview with Star FM, Bristol
(July 8th)
BBC News (website)
‘Women ‘face pension poverty’’
C4 News (website)
'Pension Warning for Women'
Guardian Unlimited (website)
'Women 'cannot rely on private pensions''
FT.com (website)
'Women short changed on pensions'
Electronic Telegraph
‘Women warned over pension shortfall’
Eurekalert (website)
‘New evidence of women’s pension disadvantage’
Epolitix (website)
‘Women lose out in pensions market’
Reuters UK (website)
‘Divorced women in pensioner poverty’
Ananova (website)
’Don’t rely on private pensions, women warned’
Daily Express
‘More jobs, but women risk poverty’
Professional Pensions
‘Women disadvantaged’
FT Money and Business:M25
'Women short changed on pensions'
The Scotsman
‘Women at disadvantage over pensions’
South Wales Evening Post
‘Pensions problem’
South Wales Echo
‘Short-changed. Women face struggle to avoid pension problems’
Burton Mail (Business)
‘Warning issued to women over pensions’
East Anglian Daily Times
‘Pensions fail women’
Yorkshire Post
‘Women at ‘pensions disadvantage’’
Express & Star
‘Women’s pension problem’
Eastern Daily Press
‘Apology to elderly over benefit delay’
Evening Gazette (Teeside)
Rugby Eveg Telegraph
Bristol Evening Post
‘Pensions shortfall fear for women’
‘Pension gap’
‘Avoid poverty’
Professional Pensions 2001. Research quoted extensively by Sue Ward in her article, 'Women
are still losing out', May 31st, page 18.
Article entitled 'Gendered in Poverty', Morning Star, Dec 18th 2001, p. 7.
Meridian TV, May 17th 2000, interviewed on the reasons for gender differences in later life
income.
Newsnight TV, June 26th 2000, interviewed on the political choices concerning improving
women's pension income.
Quoted in Sunday Telegraph article, Aug 20th 2000, in 'Pension trap catches the older wife', by
Annie Shaw.
The Guardian, 1997, article published; 'Pensions: the invisible gender divide'.
Open University Audiocassette, May 16th 1997, interviewed for OU material on 'Aspects of
Ageing'. The interview lasted approximately 20 minutes and was concerned with gender
differences in later life.
BBC TV, Nov 28th 1995, interviewed live on David Dimbleby's post-budget programme, on
implications for older women's financial situation, part of the Fawcett Society's Women's
Budget Group's meeting at LSE.
ITV, Kilroy programme, Nov 29th 1995. Invited as panel member discussing the budget,
especially on older women and funding long term care.
Radio Surrey, July 1992, interview given on the reasons for elderly women's greater likelihood
of poverty, and the effect of raising women's state pension age.
Dissemination to NGOs and evidence to policymakers
2011
Greater London Pensioners Association AGM, invited talk on ‘Women’s Pensions’, November
12th London
Older Feminists Network, invited talk on recent pension reforms; impact on women’ November
12th, London.
National Pensioners Convention Annual Parliament, June 14-16, Blackpool, invited plenary,
‘Pension Inequalities’ (J. Ginn)
Radical Statistics conference, ‘Cuts and Corporations’, February 26th, Leeds, presentation
‘Unkindest Cuts: Analysing the effects by gender and age’ (with S. Himmelweit)
WCGT Roundtable, February 25th, Leeds University, Presentation ‘Moving the SPA Goalposts
for Women: the broader context’.
2010
South Place Ethical Society Monthly Lecture, April 11th, Conway Hall, London, ‘Gender
Relations in the earliest Societies. Patriarchal or not?’
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Committee on Equal Opportunities for
Women and Men, March 25th, Paris, ‘Decent Pensions for Women. What works to reduce
inequality, improve prospects?’
2009
National Pensioners Convention Women’s Working Party Conference, November 9th, London,
‘Can Women Rely on Private Pensions?’
Older Feminists Network meeting, June 13th, ‘Wise Up On Pensions. Women’s Pensions, Past
and Future’.
DGB-Kapitalismuskongress on The Future of Capitalism, Berlin, May 14-15. Invited plenary
talk on ‘Private Pensions and the Financial Crisis: Can Casino capitalism serve workers’
needs?’
Radical Statistics conference, An Ageing Society: Are we prepared? March, Oxford Institute on
Ageing, presentation on ‘Plunging pensions and the credit crunch’.
Women’s TUC, Scarborough, March 12th. Invited talk at Fringe Meeting, ‘Wise Up On
Pensions. An NPC guide for working age women.’
2008
South East Region TUC Pensioners Network Conference, TUC, London, March 14th 2008.
Invited talk on ‘Gender, class and ethnic inequalities in pensions’.
GLPA Conference, London, Oct 25th 2008. Invited talk ‘Women and the Pensions Plunge’.
2007
Westminster Forum for Older People, London, March 14th 2007. Invited key speaker, ‘The
Curate’s Egg: Pensions Bill that tinkers with the problem
NPC Trade Unions and Pensions conference, London, March 26th 2007. Invited key speaker,
‘The Pensions Bill. A critical analysis’.
Southwark Trades Council meeting on ‘A Living Wage for London Workers’, London, July 10th
2007. Invited talk on ‘The Gender Gap in Pay and Pensions’.
London Feminist Meetup Group, Conway hall, July 24th 2007. Invited talk on ‘The Gender
Gap in Employment, Pay and Pensions’.
2006
Divazine conference ‘Women and Pensions’, Brussels, February 17th 2006. Invited keynote
speaker on ’Equal treatment - different outcomes. The effect of reforms in EU countries’
Radical Statistics Conference, Hathersage, March 3-5 2006. Paper ‘Must Poverty be
Politicised?’
Council of Europe Equality Grouping, Paris March 10th 2006. Invited paper at hearing on
‘The Feminisation of Poverty’, entitled ‘Older Women’s Poverty: How pension design
Contributes’.
2005
Women’s TUC, Scarborough, March 10 2005. Invited speaker at AMICUS/NPCWWP fringe
meeting, ‘The Cinderella sector. What future for state pensions?’
IPRG Seminar on Women’s Pensions, London, June 25th 2005. Invited paper on ‘Why
women’s pensions are lower than men’s’.
AGE+ Final Conference ‘Poor, Poorer, Poorest? A focus on the socio-economic situation of
older migrant women in Europe’, Amsterdam Sept 22-3 2005. Invited key plenary speaker on
‘Gender and Pensions: Why are women poorer than men in later life?’
Council of Europe Equality Grouping, Strasbourg October 4 2005. Invited speaker on ‘Gender
and Pensions: Why are women poorer than men in later life?’
2004
Annual General Meeting of Greater London Forum for the Elderly, Congress House London.
Invited talk: ‘What’s New for Older People’, March 19th 2004
Council of Europe Mediterranean Conference: Social Security: a factor of social cohesion.
Invited talk on ‘Women’s access to state and private pensions’, Limassol, May 26-28th 2004.
Greater London Forum Question Time, House of Lords, London, Oct 12th.2004. Invited panel
member.
European Social Forum, Alexandra Palace, London, October 16th 2004. Invited speaker at
seminar on pensions ‘How the UK pension system discriminates against women?’
2003
Summary of UK Government Green Paper on Pensions, CoverAGE, Issue 24, January 2003.
Evidence submitted to House of Lords Select Committee of the Economics of
Ageing, concerning women's pension needs, March 1st 2003.
National Pensioners Convention Course on European Pensioners and Pensioner
Organisations, Barlaston, invited paper on ‘Poorest in Europe? British and European pensions
compared’, Oct 22nd 2003.
Greater London Pensioners Association, NPC HQ, Ironmonger Row, London. Invited speaker
on ‘Gender, Pensions and the Lifecourse’, Dec 16th 2003
2002
CapitalWoman Annual Conference, March 9th 2002, London. Invited speaker in session on
Women and the Future of Public Services. Invited talk on 'Public Pensions: Fit for women of
the future?'
Seminar on 'The Ageing Time Bomb. Threat or Myth?', Cambridge Feb 26th 2002. Paper tabled
'The Employment Ethic, Pensions and Parenting'.
National Council of Women Seminar on Hidden Poverty, House of Commons,
April 29th 2002. Invited speaker on ‘Women and Pension Poverty’.
‘Pensions’, chapter 7 in Catalyst (ed) Budget 2002. A Catalyst Response, www.catalysttrust.co.uk, 2002.
AMICUS Retired Members Conference, Bishops Stortford, May 8-10th, 2002. Invited speaker
on 'Pension Policy and Gender: International trends'.
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Commentary on government's National Strategy Report on behalf of UK older people's
organisations www.age-platform.org November 2002.
Response to Government Green Paper on Pensions, December 2002.
2001
Intergenerational conference 'All Our Tomorrows', Southwark, March 5th 2001. Invited plenary
speaker on ‘Pensions for Older and Younger Women’.
Future Female Conference Report, London, December 2001. Women’s National Commission.
Compiled report on ‘Women’s Employment and Income’ workshop.
MSF London Women’s Action Group meeting, May 15th 2001. Invited talk on ‘Women and
British Pension Policy’.
Greater London Pensioners Association Annual Conference, London, 2001. Invited speaker on
'Could Pension Policy for Women be Improved?'
2000
Launch of the Centre for Research for Ageing and Gender (CRAG), Sociology Department of
Surrey University, March 2000. Invited speaker as co-director of CRAG on 'The Changing
Pensions Mix: Gender, class and ethnicity'.
Bromley Forum of Older People, Sept 8th 2000, Bromley. Invited speaker on 'Women, Age and
Poverty'.
Muswell Hill and Highgate Pensioners Action Group, Sept 13th 2000. Invited speaker on
'Pension Myth-selling and Gender'.
Fabian Society fringe meeting at Labour Party conference, Brighton Sept 24th 2000. Invited
speaker on panel including Jeff Rooker MP concerning Labour’s pension policy.
British Council Seminar, Nov 13th 2000 London, with Chilean Minister for Women’s Services
(A Delpiano) and Chilean delegation. Presentation on how the UK pension system treats gender
differences in labour market participation, noting differences from and similarities with Chile.
Age Concern Surrey Question Time debate, Nov 14th 2000, Dorking. Invited Panel Member.
DSS Consultation Paper, Cm 4900 (2000). Response entitled ‘The Pension Credit and Meanstesting’ Feb 2001.
1999
National Pensioners Convention conference, Jan 13th 1999, 'What's New for Pensioners', on the
government's Green Paper: Partnership in pensions. Invited plenary talk, 'Focus on Women's
Pensions'.
Fawcett Society South London Group meeting, Brixton Feb 22nd 1999. Invited talk on
'Women's pensions now and effect of the Green Paper proposals'.
HEA Seminar, London March 2nd 1999, presentation on 'Understanding Inequalities in Health
behaviour Among Older People' (with S. Arber and H. Cooper).
Harrow Women's Group International Women's Day meeting, March 6th 1999. Invited speaker
on 'Women in the 21st Millenium'.
National Pensioners Convention Seminar, London March 8th 1999, invited speaker on 'Women
in Retirement'.
Fawcett Society Seminar, London, March 24th 1999, 'Making Pensions Work for Women'.
Invited talk as panel member.
Southwark Pensioners Forum public meeting, Southwark Town Hall April 16th 1999, on
Building a Better Britain for Older People. Invited talk on 'Disability and Income Among Older
People' .
Pre-Retirement Association, London May 6th 1999. Invited talk on 'Gender Inequalities in Later
Life'.
Social Policy Association, Women in Social Policy Study Day, 'Women and New Labour',
London, May 15th 1999. Workshop paper on 'Gender implications of New Labour policy on
pensions'.
Fawcett Society Open Meeting July 15th, 1999, House of Commons on 'Avoiding Poverty in
Retirement: Making Pensions Work for Women'. Invited talk as panel member; 'Which
pensions work for women?'
Norwich Pensioners Association meeting, Nov 4th 1999, Norwich. Invited speaker on 'Women's
Pensions and Policy Options'.
Fawcett Society Meeting with MPs, Nov 1999. Invited presentation on 'Gender impact of
Labour's planned pension reforms'.
1998
DSS Pensions Review, Jan 25th 1998, comments submitted on 'Stakeholder Pensions and
Women (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Age Concern Waltham Forest, March 18th 1998, Panel Member in Question Time debate on the
theme of 'Meeting the Needs of Older People and their Carers in the New Millennium'.
1997
Open University Audiocassette, May 16th 1997, interviewed for OU material on 'Aspects of
Ageing'. The interview lasted approximately 20 minutes and was concerned with gender
differences in later life.
Parliament of Victoria, Australia, Family and Community Development Committee, June 1997,
paper submitted to the Inquiry into Planning for Positive Ageing on 'Health and income in later
life' (J.Ginn and S. Arber).
DSS Pensions Review, Oct 31st 1997, comments submitted on 'Women's pension disadvantage'
(J. Ginn and S. Arber).
1996
Greater London Forum for the Elderly Annual Meeting, March 13, 1996, invited participant on
Question Time Panel at AGM.
Citizen's Income Trust Meeting, March 16, 1996, invited presentation to Catholic Bishops on
Citizens Pensions and women.
1995
Meeting with Clare Short as Shadow Minister for Women, May 1995, Millbank. Paper
presented on 'How the Pension System Fails Women' (J. Ginn and S. Arber).
Health Select Committee hearing, June 17th 1995, House of Commons. Evidence given on long
term care (J. Ginn, T. Harding and J. Moriarty).
Citizen's Income Trust Meeting, December 1st 1995, invited brief paper on the relevance of
Citizens' Pensions to women.
1994
Fawcett Society Meeting, February 22nd 1994, House of Commons, London, paper presented:
'Women and Occupational Pensions' (J. Ginn).
1993
Department of Employment, Social Science Research Branch Seminar, November 17th 1993,
paper presented on 'Exploring Mid-life Women's Employment' (J. Ginn).
Association of London Authorities Seminar, November 30th 1993, paper presented on 'Why are
older women poorer than older men?' (J. Ginn).
1992
Age Concern Seminar, July 14th, 1992, paper presented on 'Trends in Older Women's
Employment: implications for pension acquisition' (J. Ginn).
Book Reviews
Laczco, F. and Phillipson, C. (1991) Changing Work and Retirement, reviewed in Work
Employment and Society, 321-22.
Maltby, T. (1994) Women and Pensions in Britain and Hungary: a cross-national and
comparative case study of social dependency, reviewed in Ageing and Society, (1995) 15: 4501.
Anson Committee (1996) Pensions 2000 and Beyond, vol 1, London: Retirement Incomes
Inquiry, reviewed in Benefits, 19.
Jochen Clasen (ed) (1997), Social Insurance in Europe, Bristol: The Policy Press, reviewed in
Work Employment and Society, 1998, 12(3): 557-9.
Scottish Poverty Information Group (1998) Dear Sir William....Letters to Beveridge; National
Pensioners Convention (1998) Pensions not Poor Relief, reviewed in Benefits, 1998, 23: 47-8.
Popay, J., Hearn, J, and Edwards, J. (eds) (1998) Men, Gender Divisions and Welfare, London:
Routledge, reviewed in Social Policy Association Newsletter, Feb/Mar 2001.
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