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Recent Trends In The Economic Status Of Boston's Aged: Determinants And Policy Implications, William H. Crown
Recent Trends In The Economic Status Of Boston's Aged: Determinants And Policy Implications, William H. Crown
New England Journal of Public Policy
The economic status of the older population has improved significantly since the early 1970s. Yet poverty rates among certain groups of elderly, especially older minorities, have declined very little. To understand the reasons for these seemingly contradictory trends, changes in the income composition of the elderly in Boston are compared to changes in income for the elderly in the United States. This analysis suggests that low-income older persons were largely bypassed by one of the major factors in income growth among the older population — growth in pension income.
Despite the persistence of poverty among significant segments of the older …