Pensions and Sex
探讨在养老金福利中使用性别作为分类变量的问题，涉及美国最高法院案例和国会立法，讨论性别差异对养老金待遇的影响。
The issue of the use of sex as a classification variable in defining pension benefits is being discussed in several forums. As this is written, the issue is before the Supreme Court of the United States in the form of the case Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuities vs. Norris. In this judicial forum the issue is described in legal terms. That is, does the fact that the woman, Norris, received a smaller monthly life income from her accumulated deferred compensation than she would have received if she had been a man constitute a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? At the same time, within a legislative forum, the Congress is considering the broader public policy issue of the use of sex as a classification factor in insurance of all types. The Non-discrimination in Insurance Act (S. 372 and H.R. 100) is designed to achieve this broad goal. The issue is also being discussed in the academic forum, as certified by the accompanying paper by Christiansen [ 1]. In this essay several aspects of the issue will be explored. First, however, a foundation must be built.