Slovenia

Abstract

Slovenia is among the fastest ageing European countries and one with the most accentuated gender pension gap. Partly, we can explain this by the fact that women spent more time engaged in domestic and care work and consequently less time in employment. However, the working conditions of the employed in general are not favourable for extending working life, which is the principal reason why the vast majority of people who reach the conditions for retirement, opt to do so immediately in spite of pension system incentives to postpone retirement. As far as gender and health perspectives of extending working life in Slovenia are concerned, the following research data should be considered: poor physical and mental health has been linked to a low income, low levels of education, working class and gender.