Tag: bequests

Family on a dock

Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. That continues to hold true in retirement. A new study that examines two aspects of this major life change – personal and financial relationships – finds that men and women use their newfound freedom in different ways. The change in men’s social lives after they retire is…

Senior couple and tecnologies

Abstract This paper examines how homeownership evolves in old age and around the time of death, using detailed data from the Health and Retirement Study to assess the extent to which housing wealth held by older Americans might be used to complement Social Security in the provision of retirement income. Critical components of the analysis…