Income, Assets, and Poverty: Older Women in Comparative Perspective

Gornick, Janet C.; Munzi, Teresa; Sierminska, Eva; Smeeding, Timothy M.

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“…If anything, estimated changes in poverty rates suggest that many experience further declines in economic well-being. These findings confirm previous findings that the economic situation of single older women is precarious, particularly in the us (e.g., Gornick et al 2009). Single older men with weak labor market attachment, though fewer in number, also seem to be a vulnerable group, again especially in the us.…”

Section: Retirement Patterns and Economic Situation Of Nonworking Indsupporting

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Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States

Heisig¹

2015

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For quite some time, a key finding and theoretical puzzle in comparative welfare state research was welfare states' remarkable stability. In the last decade, however, it has become clear that advanced welfare states were (far) less immovable than they seemed at first. In fact, speaking of changing welfare states captures much better the actual reforms that were taking place. This series is about the trajectories of those changes. Have there been path-breaking welfare innovations or are the changes incremental instead? Are welfare states moving in a similar or even convergent direction, or are they embarking on divergent trajectories of change? What new policies have been added, by which kind of political actors, how, and with what consequences for competitiveness, employment, income equality and poverty, gender relations, human capital formation, or fiscal sustainability? What is the role of the European Union in shaping national welfare state reform?This series answers these and related questions by studying the socioeconomic, institutional and political conditions for welfare state change, its governance, and its outcomes across a diverse set of policy areas. The policy areas can address traditional "old" social risks like old age, unemployment, sickness (including the health care system), disability and poverty and inequality in general, or "new" social risks that have arisen mainly due to post-industrialization, such as reconciling work and family life, non-standard employment, and low and inadequate skills. In addition to focusing on the welfare state more narrowly defined, the series also welcomes publication on related areas, such as the housing market. The overriding objective of the series is tracing and explaining the full trajectories of contemporary welfare state change and its outcomes. Editors of the series

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Section: Retirement Patterns and Economic Situation Of Nonworking Indsupporting

confidence: 82%

Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States

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2015

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“…This is possible because many older adults in Western societies now enjoy extended longevity, i.e. a prolonged life in relatively good health (Baltes & Smith 2003;Oeppen & Vaupel 2002), tend to be more financially independent, for instance thanks to a greater pervasiveness of pensions and social assistance benefits (Gornick et al 2009;Komp 2011), and no longer have the responsibility of childcare. This phase is called the third age.…”

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Awareness of risk factors for loneliness among third agers

2013

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Awareness of risk factors for loneliness is a prerequisite for preventive action. Many risk factors for loneliness have been identified. This paper focuses on two: poor health and widowhood. Preventive action by developing a satisfying social network requires time and effort and thus seems appropriate for people unexposed to risk factors, i.e. third agers and non-lonely persons. The third age is the period in old age after retirement, before people's social relationships deteriorate. This paper addresses three questions: Are older adults aware of poor health and widowhood as risk factors for loneliness? Are there differences in awareness between third and fourth agers? Are there differences in awareness between lonely and non-lonely older adults? After being introduced to four vignette persons,  respondents from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam were asked whether they expected these persons to be lonely. Older adults, especially third agers, expected peers exposed to the risk factors to be lonely more often than peers who were unexposed. The results indicate that awareness of loneliness-provoking factors is high among third agers, which is a first step towards taking actions to avoid loneliness. Compared to lonely older adults, non-lonely ones expected peers to be lonely less often, suggesting the latter's lower awareness of the risk factors. The results provide evidence for policy makers and practitioners that combating loneliness might require early action.

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“…Limited retirement savings is a major contributing factor to economic vulnerability among the elderly (Fisher, Johnson, Marchand, Smeeding, & Torrey, 2009; Gornick, Munzi, Sierminska, & Smeeding, 2009). Increased policy and academic attention has been placed on promoting retirement savings early in the life course to improve financial outcomes later in life (Lusardi, Mitchell, & Curto, 2010; Social Security Administration (SSA), 2009; Thaler & Benartzi, 2004).…”

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I Do … Want to Save: Marriage and Retirement Savings in Young Households

Knoll

Tamborini

Whitman

2012

J of Marriage and Family

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young adults who were married were more likely than all other groups (including cohabitors) to perceive retirement as an important savings goal and to have an individual retirement account. Married persons were more likely than their single counterparts to participate in a defined contribution pension plan. Single women fared particularly poorly on retirement savings outcomes. A range of possible theoretical links between marriage and retirement savings at young adulthood are discussed.Limited retirement savings is a major contributing factor to economic vulnerability among the elderly (

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Income, Assets, and Poverty: Older Women in Comparative Perspective

Cited by 20 publications

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