Other gender-relevant measures included that common law couples became eligible for survivor benefits and childcare credits were set to expand gradually from 2013 to 2019 (US-SSA 2011; OECD 2013:38). The 2010 pension reform was expected to reduce future pension expenditures and cut benefit replacement rates from an average of 75 per cent of wages to around 60 per cent. Reform increased the retirement age for women (gradually rising from 60 to 65 to match that of men) and established an automatic adjustment of retirement ages beginning in 2020 to reflect changes in life expectancy. It also restricted early retirement, increased the minimum contribution period to get a full pension, froze benefits during 2011-2013 (later extended to 2015) and established price indexation thereafter.