TY - JOUR
T1 - Income, assets, and poverty: Older women in comparative perspective
AU - Gornick, Janet C.
AU - Munzi, Teresa
AU - Sierminska, Eva
AU - Smeeding, Timothy M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We analyze the economic well‐being of older women in cross‐national perspective, comparing the United States with four other high‐income countries: the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Sweden. We report some of the first findings based on microdata from a new source, the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS). The LWS, a project within the larger Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), is a database containing harmonized wealth datasets from a number of industrialized countries. Using the LWS data, we analyze the income and wealth packages held by women, aged 60 and older, across these five countries. We begin by assessing employment, income, and wealth outcomes, first among all older women's households and, second, in one particularly vulnerable group: older women who live alone. We then turn our attention to poor older women and, finally, to those who are extremely poor. We close with brief comments about policy implications and further research.
AB - We analyze the economic well‐being of older women in cross‐national perspective, comparing the United States with four other high‐income countries: the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Sweden. We report some of the first findings based on microdata from a new source, the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS). The LWS, a project within the larger Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), is a database containing harmonized wealth datasets from a number of industrialized countries. Using the LWS data, we analyze the income and wealth packages held by women, aged 60 and older, across these five countries. We begin by assessing employment, income, and wealth outcomes, first among all older women's households and, second, in one particularly vulnerable group: older women who live alone. We then turn our attention to poor older women and, finally, to those who are extremely poor. We close with brief comments about policy implications and further research.
KW - women
KW - older
KW - income
KW - wealth
KW - poverty
KW - cross-national
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-72949117028&partnerID=MN8TOARS
U2 - 10.1080/15544770902901791
DO - 10.1080/15544770902901791
M3 - Article
SN - 1554-4788
VL - 30
SP - 272
EP - 300
JO - Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
JF - Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
IS - 2-3
ER -