GPGs 1 and 2 – the gender pensions gap

One of the major implications of the Paula Principle is that it applies over the life course, so we need to estimate its effects over this full span.  GPG1 - the gender pay gap - leads inexorably to GPG2 - the gender pensions gap.  The gap is big, and it can last a very long time. I suppose technically a 'gap' requires men to be alive in order for their pensions to be compared with equivalent women, but women live longer and so even if their male peers are no longer there they suffer the effects of GPG2.  (I'm not ignoring the salience of differential longevities, but they aren't relevant…
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