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by distances 3668 days ago
Well, I don't see the whole point of life expectancy and pensions relevant. Pension or payments definitely should not be balanced according to statistical life expectancy per gender.
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Not even privately purchased annuities? Otherwise you may have just discovered why many people don't buy them; they are a suboptimal purchase for men, if the ungendered life-expectancy is used.
No, not talking about the private ones, but rather the compulsory state-driven pension system that is in place in most of the Europe.
Pensions, much like life-insurance, should probably factor it in, which would include other things too (weight, smoking).