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| Title: | Overcoming the Past: A Project for Improving the Economic Security of Older Women |
| Authors: | Battiste, Barbara |
| Keywords: | Older Women
Older Women
Age Bias
Job Skills
Social Security
Pensions
Retirement Income
Life Course Theory |
| Issue Date: | 14-Sep-2012 |
| Abstract: | America’s older women are in economic crisis; over 60 percent of women age 65 or older have insufficient income to cover basic expenses. This paper explores the reasons for this dire situation and proposes a solution: the design of a pilot project to give older women in-demand job skills and to overcome age bias in the hiring process. It is shown that jobs are a preferable strategy to public subsidies for helping women achieve economic security. |
| Description: | University of Minnesota master's thesis. Summer 2012. Degree: Master of Liberal Studies. Advisor: Janet Hagberg. 1 digital file (pdf) |
| Permanent URL: | http://purl.umn.edu/133432 |
| Appears in Collections: | Master of Liberal Studies Theses
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