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Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online platforms and apps that …

The recession of the late 2000s has increased interest in the consequences of housing
instability. Previous research has shown poorer health among those experiencing housing …

This article presents the Economic Security Index (ESI), a new measure of economic
insecurity. The ESI assesses the individual‐level occurrence of substantial year‐to‐year …

Even before the sharp downturn that began in 2007, many Americans were concerned
about economic risks. Yet this widespread public concern has not been matched by …

This paper estimates the impact of economic insecurity on the mental health of Australian
adults. Taking microdata from the 2001–2011 HILDA panel survey, we develop a …

The primary purpose of this study is to measure the impact of the Great Recession and its
aftermath on services and supports for people with Intellectual and Developmental …

We provide an axiomatic treatment of the measurement of economic insecurity, assuming
that individual insecurity depends on the current wealth level and its variations experienced …

Economic security can be considered as an economic aspect of the life of an individual or
household that provides the opportunity to achieve financial stability and improve living …

Economic insecurity has attracted growing attention, but there is no consensus as to its
definition. We characterize a class of individual economic-insecurity measures based on the …

The social structure of accumulation and world system thinking regarding globalization are
central to this book. I have been influenced by my years of teaching and thinking about …