Monday 7 December 2009 INDIVIDUAL INCOMES AND POVERTY RISKS OF WOMEN AND MEN Closing seminar of the research project BGIA « Belgian Gender and Income Analysis » This research project was accomplished by the Département d’Economie Appliquée of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (DULBEA), in collaboration with the Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH), the Direction Générale des Statistiques et de l’Information Economique (DGSIE), and Politique Scientifique Fédérale. Place Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes Rue Ernest Blerot 1, Storck Auditorium 1070 Brussels PARTICIPATION FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED More info Síle O‘Dorchai (DULBEA), [email protected] Tel. 00 32 2 650 42 55

The seminar is organised in collaboration with the Groupement de recherche européen of the CNRS Marché du travail et genre en Europe (MAGE)

 

INDIVIDUAL INCOMES AND POVERTY RISKS OF WOMEN AND MEN Closing seminar of the research project BGIA « Belgian Gender and Income Analysis » Objectives of the Seminar: The aim of the project « Belgian Gender and Income Analysis » (BGIA) was to compute on the basis of existing data the individual incomes of women and men in Belgium and to propose a series of indicators that allow to measure income gaps between women and men and their individual poverty risks. The originality of the BGIA research lies in the focus on individuals’ personal incomes, i.e. those of which they dispose personally and freely regardless their lifestyle and the type of household to which they belong, because of their work, social transfers received by the state, personal property and real-estate. The research thus radically breaks free from traditional approaches to poverty and income that consider the household as the unit of analysis and of income sharing. Moreover, although numerous studies analyse and decompose gender wage differentials, few have shown interest for differences in individual gross or net incomes between women and men. The BGIA research has measured gaps in income and financial dependency between women and men in Belgium as well as in 8 other European countries. The indicators that came out of this research illustrate that all income components are systematically lower and that the level and intensity of financial dependency is stronger for women than for men.

Opening up the black-box of the family has put forward deep income and financial dependency gaps between the partners in a couple. Whereas couple dissolutions lead to huge income losses for women when a sharing assumption is applied to the household’s income before the break up, an analysis of the evolution of women’s and men’s individual incomes after a breakup or the decease of the partner does not confirm these effects. Finally, the BGIA research has focused on time poverty and material deprivation and again puts forth strong gender inequalities in this area as well. The seminar aims at presenting the main results of the BGIA research. Moreover, the interventions by the external experts will allow to contextualise and compare the BGIA results with those obtained by other authors. The seminar closes off the BGIA project or the "Belgian Gender and Income Analysis", that was financed by the Politique Scientifique Fédérale, at the request of the Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH) and the Direction Générale des Statistiques et de l’Information Economique (DGSIE). At this seminar, the BGIA research results will be presented and compared with those found in other research endeavours.

 

PROGRAM – Closing seminar of the research project BGIA INDIVIDUAL INCOMES AND POVERTY RISKS OF WOMEN AND MEN 8:45 Registration

12:30 Lunch

9:15 Opening session: President: Margaret Maruani, Groupement de recherche européen of the CNRS Marché du travail et genre en Europe (MAGE)

13:30 “Les travailleurs pauvres: une approche alternative en termes de 'pauvreté en revenu d'activité’” Sophie Ponthieux, INSEE, Division « Conditions de vie des ménages »

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Michel Pasteel, Director of the Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH) Lydia Merckx, Direction Générale Statistique et Information Economique (DGSIE) Margarida Freire, Politique Scientifique Fédérale

14:00 Discussion 14:15 “Gini decomposition by gender: Turkish case” Ezgi Kaya, University of Barcelona

9:30 “Belgian Gender and Income Analysis” (BGIA): the project’s results Danièle Meulders, Leila Maron, Natalie Simeu, Síle O’Dorchai, and Zouhair Alaoui Amine, Département d’Economie Appliquée of the Université Libre de Bruxelles

14:45 Discussion

10:30 Coffee break

15:15 “Coping-strategieën na relatiebreuk. De efficiëntie van herpartneren of werken op het inkomen” Dimitri Mortelmans, Universiteit Antwerpen, Centrum voor Longitudinaal en Levensloop Onderzoek (CELLO)

11:00 “Belgian Gender and Income Analysis” (BGIA): the project’s results (continued) Danièle Meulders, Leila Maron, Natalie Simeu, Síle O’Dorchai, and Zouhair Alaoui Amine, Département d’Economie Appliquée of the Université Libre de Bruxelles

15:00 Coffee break

15:45 Discussion

11:30 “How do spouses allocate time: the effects of wages on household chores, childcare and market labour" Elena Stancanelli, CNRS, THEMA, Université Cergy Pontoise, in collaboration with Hans Bloemen of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

16:00 Synthesis of results and closing off Danièle Meulders, promotor of the BGIA project

12:00 Discussion

Most presentations will be published in a special edition of the "Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles - Brussels Economic Review ". The Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH) will publish the final research report in bookform.

Simultaneous translation into French, Dutch and English will be available.

 

INDIVIDUAL INCOMES AND POVERTY RISKS OF WOMEN AND MEN Closing seminar of the research project BGIA « Belgian Gender and Income Analysis » Addres: Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes - IEFH Rue Ernest Blerot 1, Auditorium Storck (room 1190, 1st floor) 1070 Brussels - Belgium Accessibility: By train • At the station of Bruxelles midi, take the direction ‘Place Horta’. The building of the IEFH is situated right in front of this exit. The entrance for visitors is on the right. By subway • Get off at ‘Gare du Midi’ (line 2 or 6) and follow the exit ‘Tour du midi’. The building of the IEFH is at two walking minutes from this exit. By bus • ST IB: buses 20, 27, 49, 50, 78 stop in rue Couverte (tram and bus hall) that runs parallel to the gare du midi. Take the direction ‘Esplanade de l’Europe’ or ‘Tour du midi’. The building of the IEFH is at two walking minutes. You may also cross the station and take direction ‘Place Horta’. The building of the IEFH is situated right in front of this exit. • De Lijn: buses HL , 116, 117, 118, 134, 136, 137, 144, 145, 365 stop in Avenue Paul Henri Spaak. From the stop, go in the direction of the gare du midi and take the first right. • TEC: buses W, WI, 123 et 365a stop in Avenue Fonsny. From the stop, cross the gare du midi and take the exit ‘Place Horta’, situated in front of the building of the IEFH. By tram • Tram lines18, 52, 56, 81, 82 and 83 stop in rue Couverte (tram and bus hall) that runs parallel to the gare du midi. Take the direction ‘Esplanade de l’Europe’ or ‘Tour du midi’. The building of the IEFH is at two walking minutes. You may also cross the station and take direction ‘Place Horta’. The building of the IEFH is situated right in front of this exit. • Tram lines 3, 55 et 90 stop in the underground station of the gare du midi. Take direction ‘Tour du midi’. The building of the IEFH is at two walking minutes from this exit. By car • An underground public parking Q-Parc is situated beside the building of the IEFH.

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INDIVIDUAL INCOMES AND POVERTY RISKS OF WOMEN AND MEN Closing seminar of the research project BGIA « Belgian Gender and Income Analysis » REGISTRATION FORM

Free participation Please register before December 1, 2009 Surname : ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ First name : .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Address (where you can most easily be contacted) : ...................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tel. (professional): .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Tel. (private) : .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... e-mail address : ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... Affiliation: ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Will participate on Monday, 7 December 2009 o in the seminar o in the lunch Send your registration form (by post or e-mail) to: Christel Delvael, Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes Rue Ernest Blerot 1, 1070 Brussels Fax : +32 (0)2 233 40 32 e-mail : [email protected]