Deserving a Just Pension : A Factorial Survey Approach

Juan Carlos CASTILLO*, Francisco OLIVOS, Ariel AZAR

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective
This study analyzes which characteristics of pension recipients are taken into account when evaluating the fairness of pensions. Furthermore, it identifies some respondents’ characteristics and preferences that could be related to the justice evaluation of different pension amounts.

Methods
A factorial survey was designed to simultaneously analyze the association of respondents’ and recipients’ characteristics with the pensions’ justice evaluation.

Results
Findings indicate that although there is a consensual demand for larger pensions, it is still believed that pensions should be allocated primarily based on individual achievement.

Conclusions
Although in general, larger pensions are on average considered as more just, the justice criteria rely heavily on individual achievement over redistributive considerations, showing willingness to accept very low pensions for those considered not deserving them.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-378
Number of pages20
JournalSocial Science Quarterly
Volume100
Issue number1
Early online date18 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2019
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the Southwestern Social Science Association

Funding

This study was funded by the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (CONICYT/FONDECYT Grant 1160921), Chile, by the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COESCONICYT/FONDAP Grant 15130009), Chile, and from the project “The Moral Economy of Meritocracy and Redistributive Preferences,” FONDECYT Grant 1160921.

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