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Peer reviewedHerd, Pamela – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: The potential effects of implementing three different minimum benefits in Social Security, which have accompanied proposals to privatize the program and reform family benefits, are examined in relation to the adequacy of benefits for women reaching age 62 between 2020 and 2030. Design and Methods: The 1992 Health and Retirement Study is…
Descriptors: Females, Retirement, Privatization, Poverty
Older Women's League, Washington, DC. – 1990
Millions of women face bleak retirement futures. In 40 years, when today's 25-year-olds retire, fewer women will be retiring married, and therefore fewer will have access to a husband's retirement income. Young women continue to face a future of significantly lower wages. Caregiving responsibilities continue to fall predominantly on women's…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Eligibility, Employed Women, Family Caregivers
