Financial Security

Financial insecurity occurs when an individual or family experiences inadequate or inconsistent economic resources to acquire basic necessities and meet expenses.

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Single-Parent-Family policy

  • Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2017
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Boosting the poverty-fighting effects of the minimum wage

  • Jennifer Romich and Heather D. Hill
  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2017
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Work and well-being among low-income men

  • Fast Focus
  • 2017
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The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement

  • Vanessa Ríos-Salas
  • Report
  • 2017
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Financial Security: How to Measure it and Why it Matters for Families

  • Caroline Ratcliffe and J. Michael Collins
  • Webinar
  • 2016
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How Merging Psychology and Economics Can Contribute to Poverty Research and Policy

  • Justin Sydnor and Lydia Ashton
  • Webinar
  • 2015
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Emergency Savings for Low-Income Households

  • J. Michael Collins and Ida Rademacher
  • Webinar
  • 2014
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Building human capital and economic potential

  • Carolyn J. Heinrich and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Fast Focus
  • 2014
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Whose money matters?

  • Alexandra Killewald
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  • 2014
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Getting by: Earning, spending, saving, and borrowing among the poor

  • J. Michael Collins, Hallie Lienhardt, and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Fast Focus
  • 2014