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The Great Recession, Public Transfers, and Material Hardship

Author(s): Pilkauskas, Natasha V.; Currie, Janet M.; Garfinkel, Irwin

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dc.contributor.authorPilkauskas, Natasha V.-
dc.contributor.authorCurrie, Janet M.-
dc.contributor.authorGarfinkel, Irwin-
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-24T22:50:31Z-
dc.date.available2020-01-24T22:50:31Z-
dc.date.issued2012-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationPilkauskas, Natasha V., Currie, Janet M., Garfinkel, Irwin. (2012). The Great Recession, Public Transfers, and Material Hardship. Social Service Review, 86 (3), 401 - 427. doi:10.1086/667993en_US
dc.identifier.issn0037-7961-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr14n3j-
dc.description.abstractEconomic downturns lead to lost income and increased poverty. Although high unemployment almost certainly also increases material hardship, and government transfers likely decrease hardship, the first relationship has not yet been documented and the second is poorly understood. We use data from five waves of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study to study the relationships between unemployment, government transfers, and material hardship. The latest wave of data was collected during the Great Recession, the worst recession since the Great Depression, providing a unique opportunity to look at how high unemployment rates affect the well-being of low income families. We find that the unemployment rate is associated with increased overall material hardship, difficulty paying bills, having utilities disconnected, and with increased usage of TANF, SNAP, UI and Medicaid. If not for SNAP, food hardship might have increased by twice the amount actually observed.en_US
dc.format.extent401 - 427en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Service Reviewen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleThe Great Recession, Public Transfers, and Material Hardshipen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1086/667993-
dc.identifier.eissn1537-5404-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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