The gender gap in pensionsin in Spain and the European Union

The purpose of pensions is to ensure, through pecuniary remuneration, the maintenance of a decent standard of living in the retirement phase. However, those of a contributory nature are affected by the inequalities between men and women that accumulate throughout the working life, resulting in another inequity: the gender gap in pensions. This paper aims to identify the factors that influence this difference, motivated by the lower involvement of women in the labor market, which is manifested in both a lower female participation in the labor force and a high presence of this group in the employment on time partial and consequent greater propensity to intermittence in the working life of women.