Pension Reform: Cutting Benefits for Childless Would Worsen Gender Inequality (faz.net)

• DIW study: mothers receive 18% less pension than childless women.
• Gender pension gap: 32% between men and women.
• Fathers have no pension disadvantage; they tend to earn more.
• Author: cutting childless pensions would further disadvantage women.

"A commentary warns against cutting pensions for childless people, arguing it would exacerbate existing gender inequality. Mothers in West Germany receive 27% less pension than childless women, while fathers earn more on average than childless men. The gender pension gap is 32%. Such a reform would primarily disadvantage women who already have lower pensions."