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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

May 2018

Access to Higher Education, Investing in Single Mothers' Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative

Time Demands of Single Mother College Students and the Role of Child Care in their Postsecondary Success

Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, M.A., Barbara Gault, Ph.D., Jooyeoun Suh, Ph.D., Mary Ann DeMario, Ph.D.

April 2018

Pay Equity & Discrimination, Racial & Ethnic Inequality

The Gender Wage Gap by Occupation 2017 and by Race and Ethnicity

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil., Emma Williams-Baron

Popular Publications

February 2008

Access to Higher Education, Poverty and the Social Safety Net

Resilient and Reaching for More: Challenges and Benefits of Higher Education for Welfare Participants and Their Children

Avis Jones-DeWeever, Barbara Gault, Ph.D.

September 2017

Access to Higher Education, Investing in Single Mothers' Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative

Single Mothers in College: Growing Enrollment, Financial Challenges, and the Benefits of Attainment

Melanie Kruvelis, Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, M.A., Barbara Gault, Ph.D.

Related Publications

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

Jul 2014

Fact Sheet,

Retirement & Social Security

Recently Proposed Legislation Affecting Social Security (Appendix to IWPR #D504)

Mary Sykes, M.A.

, Susan Andrzejewski

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