Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/287828 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Social Security Review [ISSN:] 1468-246X [Volume:] 76 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 109-126
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
Most jurisdictions grant differentiated and more beneficial treatment – usually in the form of early retirement, and commonly under special pension schemes – to workers in arduous or hazardous jobs. Several justifications for such treatment have been advanced, including i) compensating the worker for the hardship, ii) protecting the worker from the hazard, and iii) realizing the principle of equality in the distribution of costs and benefits in the social security system. This article analyses these functions from a socioeconomic perspective and explains how early retirement for workers in arduous and hazardous jobs is necessary to ensure equality by treating “unequals unequally”, and in proportion to their inequality. Moreover, this article presents a precise formula to calculate when a worker should be allowed to retire, so that workers in occupational domains with a shorter life expectancy do not systematically enjoy lower expected benefits from the pension system while having contributed the same amount. Implications for the design and desirability of special pension benefits are discussed.
Subjects: 
pension scheme
eligibility
equal treatment
occupational safety
international
régime de pension
conditions d'ouverture des droits
égalité de traitement
sécurité au travail
international
regimén de pensión
elegibilidad
igualdad de trato
seguridad en el trabajo
internacional
Rentensystem
Anspruchsvoraussetzungen
Gleichbehandlung
Arbeitsschutz
international
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Creative Commons License: 
cc-by-nc-nd Logo
Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.