TY - RPRT T1 - Psychological Adjustment To Widowhood: The Role Of Income, Wealth And Time Y1 - 2010 A1 - Karen C. Holden A1 - Jeungkun Kim A1 - Beatriz Novak KW - Net Worth and Assets KW - Women and Minorities AB - This paper uses data from two longitudinal surveys to examine the relationship between psychological well-being and financial well-being of older women and men, with specific interest in differences by marital status and duration of widowhood. The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) provides a look at the consequences of relatively early widowhood. The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) has interviewed a representative sample of individuals 50 and older over the last two decades. We use the data from that survey to examine the adjustment to widow(er)hood over a larger age range, but with likely less precision to measure differences among women of a single age. PB - Society of Actuaries Pension Section Research Committee UR - https://www.soa.org/globalassets/assets/Files/Research/Projects/research-2010-widowhood.pdf U4 - Widowhood/WOMEN/wealth ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Trigger Events and Financial Outcomes Among Older Households Y1 - 2010 A1 - Geoffrey L Wallace A1 - Haveman, Robert A1 - Karen C. Holden A1 - Barbara Wolfe KW - Adult children KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Healthcare KW - Net Worth and Assets KW - Social Security AB - Follow a sample of social security beneficiaries drawn from the Health and Retirement Study from their first year of retirement up to 15 years into retirement, we estimate rates at which retirees are subject to family structure change, cognitive decline, health decline, and other events. Then we assess the vulnerability of wealth and wealth-based adequacy measures to adverse events, drawing conclusions about the effect of events on a wealth-based measure and a wealth-based inadequacy measure. Our findings highlight the importance of cognitive and health decline as events with the potential to shape the evolution of wealth post-retirement. JF - Center for Financial Security Working Paper PB - Center for Financial Security, University of Wisconsin-Madison CY - Madison, WI UR - https://cfs.wisc.edu/2010/09/10/trigger-events-and-financial-outcomes-among-older-households/ U4 - social Security/wealth/adverse events/adverse events/Cognitive decline/health decline/Families ER -