Social Sciences
4 years ago

Women with Low Lifetime Earnings Struggle Due to Fewer Working Years, Not Low Pay

Labor and Demography
Do Workers with Low Lifetime Earnings Really Have Low-Earnings Every Year? Implications for Social Security Reform
Thomas L. Hungerford

Paper Summary

Workers with low lifetime earnings may not have low earnings every year. Many women with minimum wage lifetime average earnings have this due to fewer years with earnings, not low earnings each year.

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