Tag: widowhood
The brief’s key findings are: Since the mid-1990s, the poverty rate for widows has dropped sharply. Potential reasons include rising levels of education and work experience for women generally and a higher marriage rate among women with more education. The findings show that, so far, the drop in widows’ poverty has primarily been driven by…
My colleagues just published a review of recent research on the impact of three risks that households face at older ages. These late-life risks include: 1) high out-of-pocket medical costs; 2) cognitive decline; and 3) widowhood. The takeaway from the research is that, so far, these risks have affected only a few households severely. In…
