Hannah Beier | ReutersOlder women are the largest bloc of swing voters — and the biggest concern they have heading into the November election is their financial security, according to the AARP.
Gender pay gap leads to retirement income gapNotably, younger women share many of those same retirement concerns, according to recent research from the National Institute on Retirement Security, or NIRS.
Women tend to have greater financial concerns about retirement compared with men, according to Tyler Bond, research director at NIRS.
"There's still a persistent gender pay gap, which translates into a retirement income gap," Bond said.
"In fact, the pay gap and the retirement income gap are almost exactly the same, which is what you would expect, because retirement income is basically a reflection of what you earn while working," he said.
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