Tag: Modernizing Social Security
The brief’s key findings are: While the poverty status of widows has improved markedly, widows remain much more vulnerable than married couples. One reason is that Social Security widow benefits have been declining – relative to the couple’s benefit – due to the rising labor force activity of women. In response, policy experts have proposed…
The rise in Social Security’s Full Retirement Age from 65 to 67 has raised concerns about the adequacy of benefits of low-wage workers, who generally claim at 62 or 63. The rise in the Full Retirement Age will cut benefits claimed at any age by about 13 percent, which could push a significant number of…
