Why married women who retire early are suffering from the gender gap

Jul 12, 2018

The newly married couple kiss as an elderly woman watches on them in Minsk, September 18, 2009. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS SOCIETY)

"By retiring early, women often forego both substantial future earnings and significant amounts of prospective Social Security benefits." Image: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS SOCIETY)

Morgan Foy

Doctoral student, University of California, Berkeley

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