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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

March 2018

Workforce Development & Job Training

Women in Construction: Safe, Healthy, and Equitable Work Sites

Ariane Hegewisch, M.Phil.

July 2018

Access to Good Jobs, Employment, Education & Economic Change, Unemployment & the Economy

In June, Women Add 153,000 Payroll Jobs, or 72%, and Men Add 60,000: Unemployment Increases to 4.0 Percent, But Black and Hispanic Women Have Seen Declines in Past Year

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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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