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| IWPR Publications on Social Security | |
Women and Social Security: Benefit Types and Eligibility Briefing Paper by Sunhwa Lee |
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| Published: June 2005 | Availability: PDF | Order Online |
| Who Are Social Security Beneficiaries? Fact Sheet | |
| Published: Updated June 2005 | Availability: PDF | Order Online |
| Six Key Facts on Women and Social Security Fact Sheet | |
| Published: May 2005 | Availability: PDF | Order Online |
| Social Security: The Largest Source of Income for Both Women and Men in Retirement Briefing Paper by Heidi Hartmann and Sunhwa Lee | |
| This briefing paper uses the Current Population Survey to focus on four major sources of income for persons aged 50 and older--earnings, Social Security, pensions, and assets--and shows that during retirement, Social Security is the most universal and the largest source of income for both women and men. | |
| Published: April 2003 | Availability: PDF | Order Online |
| Gender and Economic Security in Retirement Report by Sunhwa Lee and Lois Shaw | |
| Examines income sources of older Americans, focusing on persons aged 50 and older, based on analysis of the Current Population Survey. Shows how poverty rates and amounts of income differ by gender and marital status. The sources of income examined are earnings, Social Security, pensions, assets, and government assistance programs. | |
| Published: Spring 2003 | Availability: PDF | Order Online |
| Strengthening Social Security for Women: A Report from the Working Conference on Women and Social Security Report by Heidi Hartmann and Catherine Hill | |
| Presents possible proposals for a women's agenda for Social Security reform. Distinguishes issues that need to be addressed in the short term from proposals that should be part of a longer-term strategy. Produced jointly by IWPR and the National Council of Women's Organizations Task Force on Social Security, based on a working conference held at Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia, July 1999. | |
| Published: March 2000 | Availability: PDF | Order Online |
| Why Privatizing Social Security Would Hurt Women: A Response to the Cato Institute’s Proposal for Individual Accounts Report by Catherine Hill, Lois Shaw, and Heidi Hartmann | |
| This report analyzes several different privatization plans put forward by the Cato Institute and shows why they would likely leave women with smaller, less secure benefits in retirement than under Social Security. | |
| Published: February 2000 | Availability: PDF | Research-in-Brief | Order Online
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| The Impact of Social Security Reform on Women Report by Lois Shaw, Diana Zuckerman, and Heidi Hartmann | |
| Based on research on older women using the New Beneficiary Survey from the Social Security Administration, this report analyzes the likely impact of various privatization reform proposals on women. | |
| Published: June 1998 | Availability: PDF | Order Online
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| Social Security Through the Years: Proposal for Change Briefing Paper by Carrie Apfel | |
| Reviews the ways the Social Security system has and has not adapted to changes in women's and men's roles. | |
| Published: June 1999 | Availability: PDF | Order Online
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| Social Security Reform and Women Fact Sheet | |
| Describes women's reliance on Social Security in retirement and summarizes the likely impacts of various reforms on women. | |
| Published: June 1998 | Availability: PDF | Order Online
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Other IWPR Publications on Retirement and Economic Security for Older Women The Gender Gap in Pension Coverage: What Does the Future Hold? The Gender Gap in Pension Coverage: Women Working Full-Time Are Catching Up, But Part-Time Workers Have Been Left Behind Beyond 50: A View of Economic Security in the States How the Elderly Become Poor: The Economic Circumstances of Aged Women with Special Attention to Widows and Divorcees Women and Pension Loss: Tracking Women Workers’ Pensions into the Retirement Years |
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MEDIA CONTACT
To interview one of IWPR’s experts or for other media questions, please contact Erica Williams at (202) 785-5100 or williams@iwpr.org.
IWPR EXPERTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY ISSUES
Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D.
President and MacArthur Fellow
Sunhwa Lee, Ph.D.
Study Director
Lois Shaw, Ph.D.
Senior Consulting Economist
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