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

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
- October 2010

Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010

The Effect of Family Income on Risk of Child Maltreatment
- Maria Cancian, Kristen Shook Slack, Mi Youn Yang
- Discussion Paper
- August 2010

Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2010

The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies
- Gary Burtless
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2009