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…
The brief’s key findings are: As life expectancy rises, more retirees will face late-life financial risks, including: high health costs, financial mistakes due to cognitive decline, and widowhood. To date, the research literature suggests that these risks severely affect only a minority of retirees, but the impact may become more widespread in the future. The reasons includ…
