Changing Social Security in the US
Rising Insecurity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12715267 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Madonna Harrington Meyer (Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-146 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1474746412000486 |
| OpenAlex | W2147096438 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
Although poverty rates among the elderly in the US are at an all-time low, many face rising fiscal insecurity. The US welfare state is being remodeled in market-friendly ways that maximise individual choice, risk, and responsibility, rather than family friendly ways that maximise shared risk and responsibility and reduce insecurity. This article analyses how each of the main sources of income for the aged are being either frozen or shrunk in ways that are likely to increase inequality and insecurity in the years ahead among the elderly, particularly those who are female, black and/or Hispanic, and unmarried. The article assesses various policy changes for their capacity to either increase or decrease financial insecurity and inequality, particularly for those with a life time of lower earnings, more labour force disruptions and greater responsibility for providing unpaid care work for the young, disabled or frail elderly
Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Inequality · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Social security · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Finance
The impact of social quality on the subjective well‐being of older adults across cohorts in China
Government Transfers and Poverty Alleviation among Older Adults in the United States from 2002 to 2014
Reforming State Pension Provision in ‘Liberal’ Anglo-Saxon Countries
Gender and age implications of extended working life policies in the US and Ireland
Working later in the USA and Ireland
The Stability of Social Security in the United States
The commanding heights
Aging Nation
Faces of Inequality
Welfare Capitalism and the Social Security Act of 1935
The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality
Market Friendly or Family Friendly? The State and Gender Inequality in Old Age
Family, Work, and Access to Health Insurance Among Mature Women
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |