Policy Brief No. 16/1999 
Social Security Reform: 
Improving Adequacy and Economic Security for Women

Timothy Smeeding, Director of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University, has just written Policy Brief No. 16/1999, Social Security Reform: Improving Adequacy and Economic Security for Women, to raise awareness of the current and future economic circumstances of older women, and the ways in which Social Security reform can help alleviate their unmet needs. Smeeding considers the gaps in benefit adequacy and economic security that are not addressed by current Social Security reform proposals and then suggests a series of modest, low-cost reforms to help close those gaps. This policy brief is available free from the Center for Policy Research, 426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020, or from the CPR Web site.

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