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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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
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Cash for kids

  • Marianne P. Bitler, Annie L. Hines, and Marianne Page
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Minimum benefit plan for the elderly

  • Pamela Herd, Melissa Favreault, Madonna Harrington Meyer, and Timothy Smeeding
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Single-Parent-Family policy

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

  • Jennifer Romich and Heather D. Hill
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Work and well-being among low-income men

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 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