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Slovenia's ZPIZ-2 Childcare Pension Bonus — a Choice of Earlier Retirement or Added Accrual for Parents

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 56% 63/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Under Slovenia's ZPIZ-2 pension act, a parent who cared for a child 5+ years can retire up to 16 months early for two children, or since 2020 choose an added accrual rate. Documented by the European Commission, but its own gender-gap impact is not yet isolated.

16 months
Maximum early-retirement reduction for two children
4.08 %
Maximum added pension accrual rate (three children)
~10 %
Slovenia's gender pension gap

Details

Promoter
Zavod za pokojninsko in invalidsko zavarovanje Slovenije (ZPIZ)
Period
2013–present (additional accrual-rate option added 2020)
Keywords
social security, pensions, family policy

Context

Slovenia's Pension and Disability Insurance Act (ZPIZ-2) gives parents who have cared for and raised a child for at least five years two ways to be compensated in the pension system for caregiving time taken out of paid work.

Activities

Parents can lower their pension age by up to 16 months for two children, or, since a 2020 reform, opt for an additional pension accrual rate — 1.36% for one child, rising to a maximum of 4.08% for three children. Only one parent per child may claim the benefit.

Results

Both parameters are documented in the European Commission's 2024 Ageing Report country fiche and independently corroborated by the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy's comparative profile of Slovenia's statutory pension scheme.

Conclusions

No published study was found isolating this credit's effect on Slovenia's gender pension gap (recorded at roughly 10% nationally) from other contributing policies, and no data on parental take-up rates is publicly available.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Zavod za pokojninsko in invalidsko zavarovanje Slovenije (ZPIZ)

Conditions for success

  • a choice mechanism (accrual rate vs. earlier retirement) giving parents flexibility suited to their circumstances
  • external institutional verification (European Commission, Max Planck Institute) beyond national self-reporting

Common failure modes

  • no published study isolates this credit's marginal effect on the national gender pension gap
  • no public data on parental take-up rates of the two options

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