Financial insecurity occurs when an individual or family experiences inadequate or inconsistent economic resources to acquire basic necessities and meet expenses.
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 Policy Brief
- October 2011
Both Hands Tied
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
Reconfiguring the social contract: A summary of Both Hands Tied
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
Reactions to Both Hands Tied
- Lawrence M. Mead
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
Response from the authors
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
The psychology of poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
From income to consumption: Understanding the transmission of inequality
- Richard Blundell
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
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