Women, marriage, and Social Security benefits revisited.
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چکیده
Introduced into the Social Security program in 1939, spouse and survivor benefits have important implications for the retirement experience of women. At the end of 2005, 12.9 million women Social Security beneficiaries aged 62 or older (59 percent) received at least part of their benefit as wives or widows of entitled workers.1 For these women, a spouse or widow benefit provided a larger payment than that of their own earnings record (SSA 2007, Table 5.A14).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Social security bulletin
دوره 67 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007