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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American poverty and inequality: Key trends and future research directions

  • Timothy Smeeding, Maria Cancian, John Karl Scholz, Barbara Wolfe, Robert Haveman, Jennifer Noyes, Katherine Magnuson, Carolyn Heinrich, Thomas Kaplan, Lawrence M. Berger, Marcia Carlson, J. Michael Collins, Julia Isaacs, Daniel R. Meyer, and James Walker
  • Fast Focus
  • 2011
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The Earned Income Tax Credit and Expected Social Security Benefits among Low-Income Mothers

  • Molly Dahl, Thomas DeLeire, Jonathan Schwabish, and Timothy Smeeding
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2010
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Promising antipoverty strategies for families

  • Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
  • Fast Focus
  • 2010
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The Effect of Family Income on Risk of Child Maltreatment

  • Maria Cancian, Kristen Shook Slack, Mi Youn Yang
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2010
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Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program

  • James A. Riccio
  • Fast Focus
  • 2010
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The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies

  • Gary Burtless
  • Fast Focus
  • 2009