Many people save for retirement through their employer, who in turn applies gender-neutral saving rates, investment … choices, and spending strategies in retirement. Intuitively this creates a sense of fairness, but this intuition masks the … reality that many women face. Lifetime earnings and spending in retirement are anything but average for women. Consequently …

This inquiry examines the role of federal policy in gender inequality using the principles of institutional adjustment … for older women, but also for reducing gender inequality overall. …