Tag: childcare

Granddaughter whispering into grandfather's ear

Retirement can change everything. So can grandchildren. A new study that looks at the transitions made by older workers finds that the odds of relocating after they retire to be closer to their adult children increase from the pre-retirement years – 16 percent of recent retirees do so. Some people make these moves, to within 10 miles…

Adorable latin mother and son smiling on a city sidewalk

The brief’s key findings are: When women become mothers, their earnings often take a substantial, and permanent, hit that becomes larger with each additional child. The question is, how do Social Security provisions address this motherhood penalty once women enter retirement? The results show that Social Security offsets a substantial portion of the motherhood penalty,…