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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Are rural Americans still behind?
- James P. Ziliak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
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Heather Hill on Why Disruptions in Income Might Matter for Child Development
- Heather Hill
- Podcasts
- August 2018
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Brad Wilcox on the “Success Sequence” for Millennials
- Brad Wilcox
- Podcasts
- March 2018
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Its Implications for Low-Income Households
- Elaine Maag and James Ziliak
- Webinar
- February 7 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
- Special Issue 2017
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Cash for kids
- Marianne P. Bitler, Annie L. Hines, and Marianne Page
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 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
- Special Issue 2017
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Single-Parent-Family policy
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 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
- Special Issue 2017
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Work and well-being among low-income men
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2017