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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

September 2018

Pay Equity & Discrimination

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

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil.

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.

Popular Publications

November 2014

Access to Higher Education, Student Parent Success Initiative

4.8 Million College Students are Raising Children

Barbara Gault, Ph.D., Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, M.A., Elizabeth Reynolds, Meghan Froehner

June 2012

Economic Security for Survivors, Violence & Safety

Getting Started: A Handbook to Address Economic Security for Survivors

Wider Opportunities for Women

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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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