I am a grandmother. I don’t just admit it, I am proud of it. My first grandchild was born when I was fifty five, which is relatively young for American professional women, but I had four children by age 30. I also run an investment firm. You can imagine, then, how interested I might be in a study published last month called, “Retirement Timing of Women and the Role of Care Responsibilities for Grandchildren.”
Does Having Grandchildren Persuade Women to Retire Early?
An executive grandmother takes a look at the evidence.
May 19, 2015
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