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Can Boomer Women Afford to Retire?

Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.

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February 7, 2012
Presentation, Retirement & Social Security, Women and Asset-Building
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Featured Publications

June 2019
Access to Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative

Making “Free College” Programs Work for College Students with Children

Tessa Holtzman, Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, M.A., Barbara Gault, Ph.D.

September 2018
Pay Equity & Discrimination

The Gender Wage Gap: 2017; Earnings Differences by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil.

Popular Publications

July 2009

Access to Higher Education

Restoring Equal Opportunity in Education: An Analysis of Arguments for and Against the Bush Administration Single-Sex Education Regulations

Ashley English

May 2010

Health & Well-Being

More Men to Benefit from Expanded Coverage under Health Care Reform

Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Ashley English, John Schmitt, Hye Jin Rho

Related Publications

Jun 2019
Fact Sheet,
Access to Good Jobs, Access to Higher Education, Child Care & Early Education, Civic & Political Engagement, Family & Medical Leave, Paid Sick Days, Pay Equity & Discrimination, Poverty and the Social Safety Net, Retirement & Social Security, Unemployment & the Economy, Women in Unions, Workforce Development & Job Training

A Woman-Centered Economic Agenda: 8 Policies that Boost the Economy and Work for Everyone

    Elyse Shaw, M.A., Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.
May 2017
Briefing Paper,
Retirement & Social Security, The Status of Women and Girls

The Economic Security of Older Women and Men in Hawaii

    Emma Williams-Baron, Julie Anderson, M.A., Cynthia Hess, Ph.D., Jessica Milli, Ph.D., Colette Browne, Dr.PH., Takasaki Endowment, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawai`i
Jan 2017
Fact Sheet,
Racial & Ethnic Inequality, Retirement & Social Security

Wealth Inequality and Asset Depletion among Single Early Baby Boomers: Differences by Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Home Ownership in Retirement Readiness

    Stacia West

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