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Financial Fragility: Evidence and Implications
April 15, 2018To read the National Endowment for Financial Education's Summer 2018 Digest, which features GFLEC's research on financial fragility as its covers story, click here. This research was supported by NEFE.
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Financial Fragility in the U.S.: Evidence and Implications
April 15, 2018Summary: The capacity to cope with unexpected expenses is a crucial component of financial wellbeing. The lack of such preparedness is like balancing on a beam—a shock or unexpected financial adversity can immediately shake one off and it is hard to… Read More »
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Financial Fragility in the U.S.: Evidence and Implications
April 15, 2018Abstract: This project examines financial fragility in the United States, which is measured as individuals’ ability to cope with unexpected expenses. Using data from the 2015 National Financial Capability Study and the 2015 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking, we… Read More »