Tag: financial
A dramatic decline in widow’s poverty over a quarter century has been a positive outcome of more women going to college and moving into the labor force. Yet 15 percent of widows are still poor – three times the poverty rate for married women. A new study by the Center for Retirement Research takes a…
It’s long been known that people with high earnings tend to live longer than low earners. But this gap in life expectancy has widened into a gulf. For example, high-earning men born back in 1912 lived about eight months longer than their counterparts in the bottom half of the income range. This longevity gap increased…
