Bio

Lois B. Shaw is a semi-retired economist who continues to be a consultant

on social insurance, pensions, and other women’s issues at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, D.C. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan while raising four children. She previously held research positions at the U.S. General Accounting Office and at the Ohio State University’s Center for Human Resource Research. She has written numerous journal articles and monographs on women’s employment, retirement, and poverty. She recently served as one of the guest editors of a special issue of Feminist Economics on gender and aging.

Mailing address: 403 Russell Ave. #804

Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA

e-mail: [email protected]

Home phone : 301-216-4652

Office phone : 202-785-5100 (infrequently there ; try home first).