Concepció Paxot (Universitat de Barcelona)

Intergenerational money and time transfers by gender in Spain: who are the actual dependants?

Date: April, 28th At 13,00h

Room: 24 120 (Mercè Rodoreda Builiding) NOTE: NOT USUAL ROOM! - Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Abstract: The analysis of intergenerational transfers can shed light on the interaction between population age structure and welfare. Nevertheless, a thorough examination of this issue requires consideration of both monetary (market) and time (non-market) transfers. In this paper we analyse market and non-market production, consumption and transfers by age and gender for Spain for the period 2009-2010 using National (Time) Transfer Accounts (NTA and NTTA) methodology. We observe higher labour income for men respect to women throughout the age profile. Nevertheless, women spend more hours in total (market and non-market activities) than men. This division drives an asymmetry in private transfers. While men are net donors of money to other age groups during their working life, women are net donors of time to other household members (mainly children and their partners) over their lives. This result challenges the supposed "economic dependency" of women based on the market economy. Results suggest that the public sector in Spain should reinforce policies, taking into account women's contribution to the welfare of other population groups, calling for policies that reconcile professional and family obligations.

Bio: B.A and PhD in Economics (Universitat de Barcelona, UB) and MsC in Economics at QMW (University of London). Her researcher at the "Centre d'Anàlisi Econòmica i de les polítiques Socials" (CAEPS) at UB focuses on the analysis of intergenerational transfers, both at theoretical and empirical level; using and extending different methods to analyze the effect of the demographic transition on the economy and the sustainability of the welfare state (Overlapping generations models, Generational accounting, National Transfers Accounts and microsimulation). She has worked in and leaded several collaborative projects financed in competitive terms by local and national governments and the European Commission, being the results published in the main national journals, in several international peer review journals (Journal of Population Economics, ITAX, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Optimal Control Applications & Methods) and prestigious national and international editorials (Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Edward Elgar). She was on leave at the "Instituto de Estudios Fiscales" between 2006 and 2010 leading the research line in population ageing and public policies in this institution. She has also served as independent expert in the ASISP network (Analytical support on the socio-economic impact of social protection reforms in the EU member states and EFTA/EEA, candidate and pre-candidate countries) from 2010 to 2014. Since 2010 she is leading the research network "Xarxa de Referència en Economia i Polítiques Públiques" (XREPP).