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Yes, women retire with less than men, but boosting compulsory super won't help

  • Written by Deborah Ralston, Professorial fellow, Monash University
Yes, women retire with less than men, but boosting compulsory super won't help Songsook/Shutterstock

All sorts of claims are being made following the release of the Retirement Income Review, including that it paid insufficient attention to issues of gender.

Among other things we are being told that the gap between female and male super would narrow if compulsory contributions were lifted from 9.5% to 12%.

It wouldn’t,...

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