Siegenthaler J K
Soc Secur Bull. 1996 Fall;59(3):31-44.
This study takes stock of available comparative research on the economic status of elderly single women in six industrialized countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. A systematic comparison of income has become easier due to such standardized data bases as the Luxembourg Income Study. But an explanation for different poverty rates among older women who are on their own requires a further, differentiated assessment of the countries' retirement benefit structures. This article attempts such a review. It makes use of a variety of single-country sources and takes into account the institutional heterogeneity of old-age security systems. The study concludes with a view of the effectiveness of different old-age security systems in preventing poverty among older single women.
本研究评估了六个工业化国家（法国、德国、荷兰、瑞典、瑞士和美国）老年单身女性经济状况的现有比较研究。由于卢森堡收入研究等标准化数据库，收入的系统比较变得更加容易。但是，要解释独自生活的老年女性中不同贫困率的原因，需要对各国的退休福利结构进行进一步的、差异化的评估。本文尝试进行这样的综述。它利用了各种单一国家的资料来源，并考虑到老年保障制度的制度异质性。该研究最后审视了不同老年保障制度在防止老年单身女性贫困方面的有效性。
