Tag: single-earner retirement savings
The brief’s key findings are: Women are spending a growing share of their lives single, so it is useful to consider how their marital history affects their retirement preparedness. While married women have much higher household earnings and wealth, they are more at risk of failing to maintain their standard of living in retirement. This…
The brief’s key findings are: The retirement savings a household needs depends on its total earnings. For many dual-earners, only one person has a 401(k), so the question is whether the saver considers the non-saver’s earnings and chooses a higher contribution rate. The analysis shows that the 401(k) saver in a dual-earner couple does not have a…
