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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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
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Financial Security: How to Measure it and Why it Matters for Families

  • Caroline Ratcliffe and J. Michael Collins
  • Webinar
  • May 11 2016
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Emergency Savings for Low-Income Households

  • J. Michael Collins and Ida Rademacher
  • Webinar
  • October 29 2014
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Building human capital and economic potential

  • Carolyn J. Heinrich and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • September 2014