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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Potential Effects of a Self-Support Reserve in Wisconsin

  • Maria Cancian, Molly Costanzo, Angela Guarin, Leslie Hodges, and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • 2019
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Moving into and out of rural poverty

  • José D. Pacas and Elizabeth E. Davis
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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Rural-urban disparity in poverty persistence

  • Iryna Kyzyma
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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Child poverty in rural America

  • David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty

  • Bruce Weber
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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Are rural Americans still behind?

  • James P. Ziliak
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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Heather Hill on Why Disruptions in Income Might Matter for Child Development

  • Heather Hill
  • Podcasts
  • 2018
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Brad Wilcox on the “Success Sequence” for Millennials

  • Brad Wilcox
  • Podcasts
  • 2018
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Its Implications for Low-Income Households

  • Elaine Maag and James Ziliak
  • Webinar
  • 2018
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A universal child allowance

  • H. Luke Shaefer, Sophie Collyer, Greg Duncan, Kathryn Edin, Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Timothy Smeeding, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wimer, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017