Denmark. Immigrants risk pension poverty
A new report from the Danish centre of applied social science, VIVE, warns that a lot of immigrants are going to be substantially worse off when they reach the pension age compared to their Danish counterparts, reports Avisen.dk
The study looked at immigrants from Turkey, Iran Pakstan and Vietnam who came to Denmark in the 1960s, 70s and 80s and are now over 60 years old.
The researchers used the OECD’s definition of poverty that defines it as an income of less than 50 percent of the median income in the country. Peder J Pedersen, a research professor at VIVE, explained: “They’ve been worse off job-wise, and also with regard to pensions from employers, the state-run ATP, and private pensions.”
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