Tag: Widow Benefits
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…
Abstract The marked increase in male longevity and the shrinking gap in male-female life expectancy in recent decades should improve the financial outcomes of older women, but this improvement may be dampened if the growth in medical spending and the incidence of disability translates to living husbands burdening the family’s budget. Using the Health and…
