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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Both Hands Tied

  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2011
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Reconfiguring the social contract: A summary of Both Hands Tied

  • Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2011
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Reactions to Both Hands Tied

  • Lawrence M. Mead
  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2011
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Response from the authors

  • Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2011
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The psychology of poverty

  • Focus & Focus+
  • 2011
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From income to consumption: Understanding the transmission of inequality

  • Richard Blundell
  • Focus & 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