Seniors and poverty
The Potential Impact of the Great Recession on Future Retirement Incomes
Barbara Butrica, Richard Johnson, Karen Smith, Urban Institute, May 2011
Recovering from the Great Recession: Long Struggle Ahead for Older Americans
Sara Rix, AARP Public Policy Institute, May 2011
Family Income Sources for Older Persons, 2009
Ke Bin Wu, AARP Public Policy Institute, May 2011
Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
Richard Johnson, Corina Mommaerts, Janice Park, Urban Institute, May 2011
Boomer Bust 2011: Still Unprepared and Unaware
Volunteers of America, April 2011
Social Security Especially Vital to Women and People of Color, Men Increasingly Reliant
Heidi Hartmann, Jeff Hayes, Robert Drago, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, January 2011
Women and Social Security: Key Facts
National Women’s Law Center, January 2011
Older Americans in Poverty: A Snapshot
Ellen O’Brien, Ke Bin Wu, David Baer, AARP Public Policy Institute, April 2010
Demographics of Homelessness Series: The Rising Elderly Population
M. William Sermons and Meghan Henry, National Alliance to End Homelessness, April 2010
The Employment Situation, February 2010: Unemployment Rate for Older Workers Increases Again
Sara Rix, AARP Public Policy Institute, February 2010
Disability Just Before Retirement Often Leads to Poverty
Richard Johnson, Melissa Favreault, Corina Mommaerts, Urban Institute, February 2010
Mark Merlis, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2010
The Economic Crisis: How Fare Older Americans? (PDF)
Jennifer Hicks and Eric R. Kingson, Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, October 2009
Rodney Harrell, Allison Brooks, and Todd Nedwick AARP Public Policy Institute, September 2009
Upcoming Medicare Change is an Opportunity to Enroll Eligible Low-Income Seniors in Food Stamps
Dottie Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, September 2009
Older Low-Income Workers Face Historic Crisis
Experience Works, September 2009
Unemployment Rate Hits All-Time High for Adults Age 65 and Older
Richard Johnson, Corina Mommaerts, The Urban Institute, March 2009
Promoting Economic Security at Older Ages through Workforce Development
Richard W. Johnson, Written Testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, The Urban Institute, February 2009
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Older Workers
Janet McCubbin, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2009
Need for Low-Income Heating Assistance Continues Despite Recent Drop in Some Heating Costs
Ann McLarty Jackson and Neal Walters, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2009
Social Security State Quick Fact Sheets: 2008
AARP Knowledge Management, January 2009
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Older Americans
Sandy Mackenzie, AARP Public Policy Institute, December 2008
A Profile of Older Americans: 2008
Saadie Greenberg, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, October 2008
The Food Stamp Program and Older Americans: Fact Sheet
Jean Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008
Nutrition Assistance for Older Americans
Jean C. Accius, AARP Public Policy Institute, October 2008
Retirement Security or Insecurity? The Experience of Workers Aged 45 and Older
Colette Thayer, AARP Knowledge Management, October 2008
Elderly Poverty: The Challenge Before Us
Alexandra Cawthorne, Center for American Progress, July 2008
Poverty and Aging in America: Profiles of the Low-Income Older Population 2008 Chart Book (PDF)
AARP Foundation, July 2008
Why Americans Worry About Retirement Security, and Why Women Worry More Than Men
Vicky Lovell, Heidi Hartmann, Claudia Williams, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, May 2008
More Older Americans Are Poor than the Official Measure Suggests
Sheila R. Zedlewski and Barbara Butrica, The Urban Institute, May 2008
Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics, March 2008
From Work to Retirement: Tracking Changes in Women’s Poverty Status
Sunhwa Lee and Lois Shaw, Institute for Women’s Policy Research and AARP Public Policy Institute, February 2008
The Economic Security of Older Women and Men in the United States
Tori Finkle, Heidi Hartmann and Sunhwa Lee, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, December 2007