Tag: baby boomers

Crumbling wall

A degree from a premier college can vault a teenager from a low-income family to the height of economic success as an adult. To date, 15 colleges have signed on to work with Levine, who initially created the calculator for applicants to Wellesley College, where he is an economics professor. But disadvantaged students face a…

hispanic workers

Just one in three native-born and immigrant Hispanics working in this country has a retirement plan through their employers. If they do have one, three out of four save money in their plans, which is somewhat less than their coworkers. One reason for the first abysmal statistic is that many Hispanics and Latinos, recent immigrants in particular,…