Low-income families today are burdened with rising levels of family debt but have few assets to leverage if they are confronted by a financial crisis, such as a job layoff or long illness. Our new report finds that among low-income families the average debt doubled between 1984 and 2001, while most have only a few hundred dollars in liquid assets
A household is considered asset poor if its assets (financial assets or net worth, taken separately)...
This paper uses repeated cross-sectional data from the Surveys of Consumer Finances (SCF) to charact...
We explore the determinants of debt and financial asset accumulation at the household level using su...
This report examines the experiences of credit and debt for low-income families over a twelve month ...
Reviews the assets, debts, and net worth of low-income families compared with middle-income families...
This paper examines the association between the Great Recession and real assets among families with ...
hard times resulting from the 2008 recession represent an opportunity to re-examine the theoretical ...
Increasingly the significance of asset ownership among low-income families is being recognized. Asse...
This paper examines the association between the Great Recession and real assets among families with ...
The hard times resulting from the 2008 recession represent an opportunity to re-examine the theoreti...
Family events, such as a job loss, the onset of health limitations, and a change in family struc-tur...
Nearly 40 percent of America's children live in low-income families, which is defined as having a fa...
Of the manifold problems that low income households wrestle with in their everyday lives the most wo...
The Fed's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances found that median household debt rose almost 34 perc...
Abstract: One suggested hypothesis for the dramatic rise in household borrowing that preceded the fi...
A household is considered asset poor if its assets (financial assets or net worth, taken separately)...
This paper uses repeated cross-sectional data from the Surveys of Consumer Finances (SCF) to charact...
We explore the determinants of debt and financial asset accumulation at the household level using su...
This report examines the experiences of credit and debt for low-income families over a twelve month ...
Reviews the assets, debts, and net worth of low-income families compared with middle-income families...
This paper examines the association between the Great Recession and real assets among families with ...
hard times resulting from the 2008 recession represent an opportunity to re-examine the theoretical ...
Increasingly the significance of asset ownership among low-income families is being recognized. Asse...
This paper examines the association between the Great Recession and real assets among families with ...
The hard times resulting from the 2008 recession represent an opportunity to re-examine the theoreti...
Family events, such as a job loss, the onset of health limitations, and a change in family struc-tur...
Nearly 40 percent of America's children live in low-income families, which is defined as having a fa...
Of the manifold problems that low income households wrestle with in their everyday lives the most wo...
The Fed's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances found that median household debt rose almost 34 perc...
Abstract: One suggested hypothesis for the dramatic rise in household borrowing that preceded the fi...
A household is considered asset poor if its assets (financial assets or net worth, taken separately)...
This paper uses repeated cross-sectional data from the Surveys of Consumer Finances (SCF) to charact...
We explore the determinants of debt and financial asset accumulation at the household level using su...
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